MOUNT BROMO
Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit: Brahma , one of the main Hindu gods), the volcano is still active and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java. As a tourist attraction, Mount Bromo become attractive because of its status as the volcano is still active.
Bromo has a height of 2,392 meters above sea level it was in four areas, namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang and Malang. Mount Bromo shape mesh between valleys and canyons with the caldera or the ocean of sand covering about 10 square kilometers.
Mount Bromo has a crater with a diameter of ± 800 meters (north-south) and ± 600 meters (east-west). While the danger area of a circle with a radius of 4 km from the center of the crater of Bromo.
For residents Bromo Tengger tribe, Mount Brahma (Bromo) believed to be a sacred mountain. Once a year the Tengger community held a ceremony Yadnya Kasada or Kasodo. This ceremony took place in a temple which is under the foot of Mount Bromo north and proceed to the top of Mount Bromo. The ceremony was held at midnight to early morning every full moon around 14 or 15 in Kasodo (tenth) according to the Javanese calendar.
Tengger tribe people known to obey the rules and Hinduism. They sure are direct descendants of the Majapahit. Tengger name comes from the legend of Roro Anteng and Joko Seger is believed to be the origin of the name of the Tengger, namely "Teng" Roro An-name suffix "lantern" and "ger" As Joko name suffix of "ger".
Feeling as one brother and one descent-Joko Seger Roro Anteng that causes Tengger tribe does not apply caste system in everyday life.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
