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BROMO
Bromo have known by all of visitor of the worlds. They come
to Bromo to watch the sunrise. The visitor also can look
down to the crater that full of its smoke, and feel the
cold of the air, is probably could only be done in Bromo.
Our eyes will also completed by the sea of sand that the
way to reach Bromo’s peak. The main gate to the sea
of sand and mount Bromo is through Cemorolawang. This is
the most crowded visiting area, espesially on holidays.
There are many kinds activities that could be carried on
this area such as; Camping, watching the scenery, horse
riding to sea of sand or walking.
To get to the peak Bromo with its largely open crater, which
belch of smoke expelling from its bottom.
Mount Bromo has settled by Tenggerese for about thousands
years. They who are good of God follower and always do their
custom strickly, has historical relationship with Majapahit.
The Antropologist from our country or other country are
interesting to do some research, because the Tenggerese
are strickly in keeping custom for centuries, without influenced
by world’s change. So there so many version of the
unique of Tenggerese in Probolinggo, it can be in the forth
of tale, folktale, serat and kidung, legend and science
report.
As a good follower of God, which have Hinduism belief, they
have many kinds of traditional ceremony such as; marriage
ceremony, Entas-entas, Wilujengan Karo, Wilujengan Kapat,
Wilujengan Kapitu, Wilujengan Kawolu, Wilujengan Kasanga,
Wilujengan Kasada. Those of ceremony are lead by a person
who supposed to have a magic power to make a communication
with powerful things (roh halus) that called ‘Dukun’.
However, the ancestor of Tenggerese are married couple named
Rara Anteng (Teng) and Jaka Seger (Ger). The combination
of the two syllables were than abbreviated as Tengger. They
had not child for some years, then they decided to had a
meditation. They orayed to God in order that he granted
their wish.
One day there is aa misterious voice that said: that one
day when Sang Hyang Widhi (God) wanted to give them children,
one of them had to sacrifice to Bromo Crater (Bromo Mountain).
Many days later, Rara Anteng birth her first son named Tumenggung
Klewung, then followed by other children and they had 25
children. Firstly, they didn’t want to sacrifice one
of their children, but they had a sign from Bromo that they
must to keep the promise. Finally, their last son named
Raden Kusuma had take by Bromo crater as a requirement for
Dewata Sang Hyang Agung (God). Next, the misterious voice
of Raden Kusuma gave an order to provide half of the harvest
to be sent to Raden Kusuma in Bromo Crater every Full Moon
at 14th, Kasada month.
Because of that, every full moon at 14th in Kasada Month,
people sent Raden Kusuma many kinds of harvest in Bromo
mountain. That ceremony, which called “Yadnya Kasada”
becomes a tradition (custom) that held up to know.
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