It’s always
wonderful and amazing moment to watch the beauty of mount Bromo, it’s was so
majestic with height about 2400 m.dpl, with the active crater of white smoke
with the smell of sulfur,
moreover, the presence of people of Tengger which is inhabited at the foot of
mount Bromo has their own charming with using casual clothes “sarung and kupluk”.
With their
constancy to the culture and the way of life these people has live in peace,
honest and humble. The story of people of Tengger is the legend about Childs of
Roro Anteng (princes of Majapahit kingdom) and Joko Seger (son of Brahmana). Their
daily conversation is ancient Java language. They has not language stratification
among theme, it is very different with common language of Java which is has language
stratification use.
People of
Tengger serves Majapahit kingdom and their district is holy place. The peoples
of Tengger are Hindu’s adherent, and they do annually ceremony called Yadnya Kasada (Kasodo), this ceremony held in “Poten Temple” which is located at the
foot of Bromo and continue to top of Bromo. This ceremony held in midnight full
moon of month Kasodo according to the java calendar.
The story
of Kasada Ceremony is the story of sacrifice. This story begun at the time of
empress of Majapahit kingdom birth daughter named Roro Anteng, and then she
married with Joko Seger son of Brahmana. And so theire live at Tengger Mountain.
From time to time people of Tengger lives in peace but not these couple, because they
has not children. Finally Joko Seger decide to meditate at the crater of Bromo
hoping to the God will gives him a child, at the end of his meditation he heard
a sound that his hope will come true with condition that his youngest child
will be sacrificed to the crater of Bromo, and these couple agreed. After long
time they have 25
child, they
forgot that promise and God getting angry so he gave disaster
to the people of Tengger, mount Bromo erupts and destroy their peace. Kusuma the
youngest child of Joko Seger with his own willing came to the crater of Bromo and
sacrifice his life. This story is always remembered by People of Tengger by
holding a ceremony Yadnya Kasada (Kasodo). At the
night of 14th of Month Kasada, People of Tengger hold Kasada Ceremony, they
go to the top of Bromo
and bring offering consist of crops and livestock to the God, and then they
throw those all to the crater of Bromo, the sacrifice ceremony is held in order
to get welfare and safety from God. Kasada ceremony begun in the midnight with
inauguration to the elder of people and the dances of Roro Anteng and Joko
Seger in the open stage at Ngadisari village. After ceremony at 04.00 am the
people of Tengger get ready to bring offering to the crater of Bromo. And the
05.00 am. They begun hike mount Bromo. An then at the top of Bromo in the
crater they throw those offering as a symbol of their thanks to the God.
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