Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo Tourist Attraction

Mount Bromo, the name comes from Sanskrit, Brahma, one of the Main Gods in Hindu belief. In Tengger, spelled Brama, is an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. The mountain is at an altitude of 2,329 meters above sea level and is in four districts, namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang.

Mount Bromo as the main tourist attraction in East Java, is in the area of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. The shape of Mount Bromo is linked between valleys and canyons with caldera, or sea of sand covering about 10 square kilometers on its feet.

As an active volcano, Bromo is dangerous and beautiful with a diameter of about 800 meters stretching from north to south, and about 600 meters from east to west. The main danger area is a circle with a diameter of 4 km from the center of the Bromo crater.

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Culture on Tengger Mount Bromo

On the fourteenth day of the Hindu festival of YadnyaKasada, the Tenggerese people of Probolinggo, travel up the mountain in order to make offerings of fruit, rice, flowers and sacrifices of livestock to the mountain gods by throwing them into the caldera of the volcano.

The origin of the ritual lies in the 15th century legend where a princess named Roro Anteng started the principality of Mount Bromo Tengger with her husband, Joko Seger. The couple were childless and therefore beseeched the assistance of the mountain gods.

The tradition of throwing sacrifices into the volcano to appease these ancient deities continues today and is called the YadnyaKasada ceremony.

Though fraught with danger, some locals risk climbing down into the crater in an attempt to recollect the sacrificed goods that they believe could bring them good luck. On the sand plain, locally called Segara Wedi, sits a Hindu temple called Pura Luhur Poten.

The Temple holds a significant importance to the Tenggerese scattered across the mountain villages, such as Ngadisari, Wonokitri, Ngadas, Argosari, Ranu Prani, Ledok Ombo and Wonokerso in Mount Bromo Area.

The temple organises the annual YadnyaKasada ceremony which lasts for about one month. On the 14th day, the Tenggerese congregate at Pura Luhur Poten to ask for blessings from Ida Sang HyangWidiWasa and the God of Mahameru (Mount Semeru).

Holy Mountain In Bromo Tengger

The temple holds a significant importance to the Tenggerese scattered across the mountain villages, such as Ngadisari, Wonokitri, Ngadas, Argosari, Ranu Prani, Ledok Ombo and Wonokerso.