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| Mount Bromo |
Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit / Old Javanese: Brahma, one of the main Hindu Gods), the volcano is still active and most famous 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 2392 meters above sea level is located in four regions, namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang. Mount Bromo mesh body shape between valleys and canyons with a caldera or a sea of sand covering approximately 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 central crater of Bromo.
Cultural History Kasada
Tribes who inhabited the region of Mount Bromo is a spare perch, Tengger tribe has tremendous appeal because they are clinging to customs and cultures that guide his life. It is said that the Tengger tribe are descendants of Roro Anteng (daughter of the King of Majapahit) and Joko Seger (son of Brahmin).Since the days of Majapahit reputedly the territory they inhabit is a holy place, because they are considered servants of the kingdom of Majapahit. Until now, they still adhered to Hindu religion, once a year the community held a ceremony Yadnya Kasada Tengger. The ceremony is located in a temple located at the foot of Mount Bromo. And after that proceed to the summit of Mount Bromo. Ceremony performed at midnight to early morning every full moon Kasodo according to Javanese calendar.
Legend Origins Kasada CeremonyAccording to the story, the origin of the ceremony Kasada happened several centuries ago. UB Dynasty during the reign of the Majapahit Kingdom. The empress blessed with a daughter named Roro Anteng, after nearly mature princess got a young couple from brahma caste named Joko Seger.
When the Majapahit Empire began to decline and the concurrent spread of Islam in Java, a royal courtier and some relatives decided to move to the east, and partially towards the Tengger Mountains region including the pair Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger.
Rara couples Anteng and Jaka Seger build settlements and then ruled in the Tengger region as Purbowasesa Mangkurat Ing Tengger, meaning "Lord of the Tengger Budiman". Name perch taken from the final syllable name Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger.
The word also means tenggering perch nobility or the introduction of high morals, a symbol of eternal peace. From time to time Tengger people live prosperous and peaceful, but the incumbent is not happy, because after a while the couple Rara Anteng and Jaka Tengger housekeeping has not been blessed with offspring. Then it was decided to rise to the top of Mount Bromo to meditate with full faith in the Almighty to be blessed with offspring.
Suddenly there are voices that say that meditation magic they will be granted but on condition that when it becomes a descent, the youngest child to be sacrificed to the crater of Mount Bromo. Pair Roro Anteng and Jaka Seger undertakes and then he got 25 sons and daughters, but parents still can not bear instinct when losing their child. Short said the couple Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger broken promise, the gods became angry with threatening to inflict havoc, then pass a state tempest darkens the crater of Mount Bromo spitting fire.
Kesuma youngest son struck disappeared from view the fire and into the crater of Bromo, concurrent loss of Kesuma magical voice: "My brothers whom I love, I have been sacrificed by our parents and Hyang Widi save all of you. Long live the peaceful and serene, worship Hyang Widi. I remind you that every month Kasada on the 14th day hold offerings to Hyang Widi in the crater of Mount Bromo. "
This custom is followed from generation to generation by the Tengger people and every year a ceremony held at Poten Kasada sea of sand and the crater of Mount Bromo.
Luhur Poten Temple Mount BromoAs a Hindu, unlike the Tengger tribe Hindus in general, have temples as places of worship, but when do worship housed in punden, Danyang and potent.
Poten is a plot of land in the sea of sand as a venue for the ceremony Kasada. As a place of worship for the Hindu Tengger people, potent consists of several buildings arranged in an arrangement of composition in the yard which is divided into three mandala / zones, namely:
Mandala home
Also called viscera of the implementation of the cult worship that consists of:
Padma serves as a similar form developed temple complete with pepalihan. Its main functions of a place of worship Almighty God, do not use lotus roof of the foot called tepas, body / servant and head of the so-called juice comes with Bedawang, Nala, Garuda, and Geese.
Nala Bedawang depicts giant tortoise supports Padmasana, wrapped by a or two dragons, eagles and geese flying position behind the body padma each according to mythology describes the majesty of form and function Padmasana.
Building Sekepat (four poles) or greater is at the side of the building sehadapan cult / Padmasana, facing east or in accordance with the orientation of buildings of worship and open all four sides. Its function is to serve means of a series of ritual or ceremonial activity. Pawedan bale and place of shamans during worship.
Kori Agung Bentar Temple, shaped like the head statue wearing bight rectangular or square crown many multistory buildings shrink to the top with a square or rectangular sides of a lot of sides around alit fathoms, fathoms or fathoms great middle. High buildings can range from as large or as high as the monument to about 100 meters makes it possible to be made higher by the minute attention to the beauty of the proportions of the temple.
To the entrance courtyard to the temple of Jaba temple mandala side / insult or Jaba the middle / main mandala can be a coil or kori grand temple with a variety of decorations. To the entrance of the temple courtyard Jaba middle / intermediate mandala mandala middle correspond to the innards of the beauty of the proportion of functional form and magnitude of terraced roofs of three to eleven according to its function. For the entrance located on the wall Penyengker / divider temple courtyard.
Madya Mandala / Central Zone
Also called Jaba the middle, where the ceremony of preparation and accompaniment consists of:Kori Agung Temple Bentar, shape similar to the monument, his head wearing a crown coil rectangular or square much smaller multistory buildings to the top with a square, rectangular or square with sides a lot about one fathom alit, middle fathoms, fathoms great.
Kentongan bale, bale called kul-kul is located in the front corner of the temple courtyard, its form tepas composition, shelf, cider and roof coverings kul-kul/kentongan room. Its function is to place kul-kul who sounded early, late and when certain of the ceremonies.
Bale Bengong, also called holy pewarengan Jaba located between the middle / intermediate mandala, the mandala insult / Jaba side. The shape of the building of four square or elongated row of two-pole two or more building area for the kitchen. Its function is to prepare the presentation ceremony needs to be prepared in the temple that is generally far from the village settlements.
Mandala Stigma / Zone Ahead
Also called Jaba side of the transition from outside to inside the temple of the temple briefly / other supporting buildings. Temple courtyard bounded by the wall boundary Penyengker yard entrance at the front or jabaan middle / side of the temple wearing briefly and the main entrance to the innards of wear Kori Agung.
Penyengker temple walls and kori great moment there are various forms of variety and beauty of creation in accordance with its architecture. Temple building in general is facing west, entering the temple toward the east as well as worship and praying facing east toward the rising sun.
The composition of the temple building periods lined up between the south or south-south on the east side facing west and partly on the north side facing south.
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On the night of the 14th Month Kasada adherents of Agama Hindu Tengger people (according to the Mahayana Buddhist Hindu Parisada East Java) flocked to the summit of Mount Bromo, with ongkek containing offerings of various crops, livestock and so on, then thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo as offerings to the God of Bromo is believed dwells on Mount Bromo. This begs the sacrificial Tengger people receive the blessings and salvation given by the Almighty.
Places of worship Bromo name is taken from the name of god Brahmama. There were also worship the Hindu temple that is often used for ceremonies Kasada.
This ritual is the ceremonial inauguration of the new shaman, which ended with lelarung offerings of crops and livestock offerings to Sang Hyang Widhi form of livestock and crops to the bottom of the crater of Mount Bromo.
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| Kasada ceremony |
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| Kasada ceremony |
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| Mount Bromo |
To be able to see the ceremony better bromo Kasada we come before midnight, because of hectic preparation for the shaman. Kasada bromo Day ceremony today, many people are coming around. Whether riding a motorcycle or any other personal vehicles. Thus resulting in downward toward the foot of the mountain roads are very bad. And can make a car from the gate can not fall down. Another road down which you are walking with entourage entourage of people to the temple. Because if you own certain to get lost, because the fog is very thick and very disturbed outlook..........
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