Mount Bromo / Gunung Bromo - The Big Secret & Mystery Of Bromo

Mount Bromo - is one of the sights in Indonesia which is located in the eastern part of Java island (East Java), more precisely located in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Ponorogo district or to the east of the other popular tourist destinations namely Indonesia Malang. Mount Bromo tourism is not only popular among local tourists or domestic, but an abundance of charm the beauty of nature in one of the mountain is still active in this archipelago has managed to attract many foreign tourists to come and enjoy the exoticism of Bromo.
Hello traveler's best friend, we meet again with my blog writers variety www.anekawisataindonesia.com travel in Indonesia who will never tire will always give you an update about the latest variety of interesting sights in Indonesia, that you must know. Like this time I will invite you to know one of the attractions and world-renowned in the archipelago, namely Mount Bromo which may be unknown to you and know a lot of the tourist icon Probolinggo, East Java area is very beautiful and the most visited by tourists.
 
Mount Bromo/Gunung Bromo
Traveler's best friend, talking about the diversity of Indonesian travel will definitely be very interesting, including on the existence of Mount Bromo tourism recorded up to now is one of the volcano is still very active in Indonesia. Located in East Java region covers nearly 4 districts namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang and Malang. Appeal as a still active volcano, Bromo in fact so well-known and a favorite tourist destination in East Java and almost never empty every day of tourist visits that came and went.
In addition to its natural beauty in beauty, status as the volcano is still active Mount Bromo makes it so much more interesting and challenging for the tourists for sure. Heights of Mount Bromo which reaches about 2,392 meters above sea level and has a contour shape of the mountains interlocked between valleys and canyons with surrounded caldera or the ocean sand area approximately 5,300 hectares, creating a sensation which is obviously very different from the tourist spots typical of the mountains in Indonesia the other.
What Pictures of Mount Bromo?
 
Friend, if you ask, why do I write about Mount Bromo to you?, Is nothing because you have to know one's own country's natural wealth that with all its beauty is able to attract tourists not to get bored to come to Indonesia. When foreign tourists far they can come to witness Bromo travel sensation of closeness, why do we as citizens of Indonesia, the owner of a very beautiful mountain is not trying to find out even able to visit at a time when the holiday season arrives?
Traveler's best friend, do you know that the word "Bromo" was apparently derived from the word "Brahma" which in the context of the public understanding of religions Hindu Gods that means one very exalted and sanctified. Mount Bromo is not too large in size as other volcanoes that are in Indonesia, such as Mount Tangkuban boat in western Java, but make no mistake, the natural scenery at Mount Bromo amazing once very beautiful. The exoticism of Mount Bromo exceptional rating makes anyone who comes will be amazed and stunned created made.
Let us take as an example, so you can imagine how the natural beauty of Mount Bromo ini.Dari Penanjakan peaks that are above an altitude of almost 2,780 meters, tourists can see how at sunrise or sunrise. The beautiful scenery is the most awaited moment was much anticipated well as travelers who want to capture this precious moment in a way to take pictures. At the time of sunrise seen from the top of a very remarkable climbing visitors can see the foreground of Mount Semeru which will remove smoke visible from a distance and the sun will shine brightly rise into the sky.
How ? you can already imagine the beauty instead? Very Beatifull and amazing place .. !! that's a sentence that is often thrown out of the lips of the tourists Caucasians who witnessed the moment sunsire and sunset at Mount Bromo this.
One more thing is the reason why the traveler's best friend shall come to Mount Bromo.Ada a bromo cultural tourism in that you must know, too, that around Mount Bromo Society routinely celebrate the festival Yadnya Kasada or Kasodo annually to provide a variety of offerings offerings such as vegetables, chicken, and the money and the other, as a form of sacrifice to the gods by means of various offerings were thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo, with the goal as the embodiment of gratitude to the almighty for all the blessings that have been accepted by the people around Mount Bromo this.

History Mount Bromo 
 
Traveler's best friend, talking about the history of Mount Bromo obtained by authors from many sources on the internet, historical stories and legends of Mount Bromo is a very interesting glimpse all.However when I underline, that there are similarities as well as the stories of interest and moral values ​​that would be submitted by our parents in the days of yore for us humans living today and generations to come, that we human beings have clever grateful and ksih to the sublime one for all the blessings that God has given to us, by way of share and sebagain aside sustenance, as well as learn to keep promises we have already said.
Penasarankan friend mean? yuk, we continued just folklore history and legends of Mount Bromo below.
Supposedly told in a time, in almost the same time two human child born into the world from two different places, but the location is not too far around Bromo mountain area. The first child sex male born in a hermitage of a Brahmin wife, his physique looks strong and birth cries loud enough, so that by the pandhita diberilah name with the name of Joko Seger.Sementara child born to two different places, namely around mountain climbing is a baby girl who is believed to be an incarnation of the god, beautiful face and the first born she did not cry, luggage quiet, so that by his mother diberilah Rara Anteng name.
Today keep changing since two people had terlahir.Joko Seger grew menjad adult men dashing and handsome, while the Rara calm, with age grow into adult women are very pretty handsome, and they were brought together and love each other. However, the popularity Rara calm beauty proved that time said to be scattered all over the country, so the number of children the ruling king in the land of Java and sekitarnya.Mereka try to apply once married, but Rara calm rejected all proposal and still choose Joko Seger so her idol.
At one point, there came a man believed to powerful and notorious men came to where rara calm tinggal.Dia is a pirate or a pirate notoriously evil once and science have very powerful and well-known strong and no one can conquer it. Under pressure and threats and fear, parents and the surrounding community, including rara calm himself, finally could not resist when the bad man and the magic that conveys the intent to apply for and menikahinya.Maka, the plow was sumringah and calm rara was devastated when it should expressed willingness to be proposed.
Thinking still loves Joko Seger and wants to someday be able to live with Joko Seger, then when rara calm faced with a difficult situation to be declared readiness to apply as a pirate, then he made a requirement as a sign able to apply as the plow, provided he something to be able to fulfill the pirates have to meet to get rara anteng.Seolah as a precondition impossible and burdensome for the plow magic, that rara calm request to the famous pirate magic that, to be made a sea that is on top of the mountain in just one night, it turns out the plows agreed on condition that he could have rara calm.
Well friends, began to work as a condition of the plow is done by the capital supernatural power that he has, he is making the oceans on a mountain with a shell or coconut shell with a very rapid and semangat.sementara it elsewhere, in the middle of guilt to the idol's heart joko seger and was was when the plow that magic that could successfully make the oceans on a mountaintop in a single night, rara calm kept thinking all night was when the rover is making the oceans in the mountains, namely how to be the wishes of the plow failed and could not finish the job of making the seas until the morning ahead.
Now, amid jitters rara calm that suddenly flashed in his mind is how to keep the morning which is usually characterized by berkokoknya chickens shouted, then he began doing something that could menggalkan effort on the plow being ardent complete the terms of rara anteng.Maka rara also take a calm and began menumbukan halu halu into a device used to menmbuk rice itu.Dan times he succeeded, because the sound of the collision halu tersbut make chickens were asleep woke up, and the voice sounded kokonya throughout the village, and there is also by the plow to the magic Mandra.
At the sound of the plow magic was halted and fell silent, he looked surprised and angry, so in the middle of the business completed his task, he was then stopped and sat watching her work that almost certainly selesai.Ditengah sense of disappointment and anger, he was then standing and with all the anger and disappointment, he threw coconut shell that it uses to dredge the land was to far away and fell right next to the location of Mount bromo is located, and transformed coconut shells into a mountain, then popular with the name of a mountain shell ,
Friends of the story does not end there, with the failure means the love story rara calm and Joko Seger continues, to arrive at a certain moment they were finally menikah.Mereka both were to build a settlement in the region and become the ruler of perch with purbawasesa name mangkurat ing perch that means that budiman.Nama perch perched ruler origin is a matter of two names to the humans, namely teng of Kahir name rara calm, ger is of joko seger, and the meaning of the perch itself into Tenggering Budi Luhur or the introduction of high morals, a symbol lasting peace.
Still not stop here, the legend of Mount Bromo's friend. Problems began to arise between them when after long they become husband and wife, but there is also the god give their offspring, eventually with both agreements, they finally decided to ask the gods by way of meditating on a mountaintop bromo.Setelah both meditated so long, finally arrived when there is a magical voice that says that they will come true meditation, but on the condition if they have to get descent, the youngest son to be sacrificed to the crater of Mount Bromo.
With freshly excited and happy, after so long sought, ultimately what is expected to arrive, the promise of a god who will grant their desire to have children, despite of the agreement is required at a time, fitting the last child or the youngest two of them should they sacrificed souls and soul by making offerings to the god accompanying the gods on Mount bromo it.
Day by day, week and later years, did not feel like after decades of family and meditation, eventually joko rara calm perch and were blessed with a son or daughter of 25 children. Amid a sense of happiness into the perfect family that they finally remember one thing, that they have to sacrifice their last child to be sacrificed his soul to the gods on the mountain top bromo.Karena their love and affection to the child, eventually they were deliberately reneged promise they once swore to god.
Long story short, Until a time the gods became angry with reinforcements inflict disasters of calamity because they lie, then there was a tempest in which the state of the Earth around bromo into darkness so that the crater of Mount Bromo spitting incident api.Saat Kusuma youngest child they both vanish taken flames were brought in to the crater of Bromo, concurrent loss of Kesuma magical voice out as follows

    "Dearly beloved, I have been sacrificed by our parents and Hyang Widi save you all. Live peaceful and serene, worship Hyang Widi Shah. I remind you that every month Kasada on the 14th day held offerings in the form of crops later in persambahkan to Hyang Widi up in the crater of Mount Bromo "
Nah traveler's best friend, Such is the story or folk legend about Mount Bromo, which until now have offerings handover ceremony has become a habit for generations by people around Tengger and every year a ceremony is held at Poten Kasada sea of ​​sand and crater of Mount Bromo. 

Places of Interest in Mount Bromo

Well friend traveler's, when the above writer is telling us why friends should come to visit Bromo are continued with how the story of the history and legends of Mount Bromo, so now we move on to the discussion, what the hell kind of tour at Mount Bromo can we enjoy when we visited there? Yuk, a friend would invite authors to know it too, in peeling the article below.

List of Natural Attraction in Mount Bromo 
1. crater of Mount Bromo
  
Traveler's best friend, to be able to reach the location of the crater of Mount Bromo travel, from the parking lot vehicle Jeep tour, tourists can use the services of rent a horse or walk approximately a distance of about 1.5 km to reach the stairs which numbers about 250 [Author so remembered how tiring and tense struggle when it should be going down the stairs of 500 stairs with an inclination of 45 degrees as far as 1 km, when traveled in Curug Cimahi Bandung Pelangi]. Roads were impassable sandy and dusty and through the Holy Temple Tengger tribe usual location of a place to carry Yadya Kasada celebrations or commonly called by the name of Kasodo ceremony, according to legend came from the crater Bromo Tengger volcanic eruptions. With a diameter of approximately 800 meters (north-south) and approximately 600 meters (east-west). While the hazardous area of a circle with a radius of 4 km from the center of the crater of Mount Bromo. 

2. Mount Teletubbies
  
Is a savanna commonly called by the name of Mount Bromo Teletubbies hill and surrounded by rows of green hills that looked beautiful. A natural landscape is perfect, it can be said Mount Bromo has a natural charm that is very complete, from the beautiful view of the sunrise or sunrise, then exoticism bromo crater, or caldera sea of desert and grass contained in this savanna.

3. Sand Whisper Mount Bromo
 
  Nada know Indonesian movie old sand scaly? well this is the location, which is the black expanse of ocean desert vast and beautiful, located around the caldera of Mount Bromo right on the eastern part of the tourist area of Mount Bromo. The place is now so popular since been used as a shooting location Whispering Sands movie starring Sastro dian Ward. Set amidst a sea of sand, there is a pure commonly used as a place of public worship Tengger tribe.

4. Penanjakan Mount Bromo
 
This is the best location in Indonesia to see the beauty at sunrise were amazing. In order to achieve Penanjakan Bromo, visitors can take a jeep rental services to deliver to the tourist sites of interest in Mount Bromo. Depart to the summit of Mount Bromo Pananjakan be done in the early morning at around 03.00 am and the trip can be started from the venue at Mount Bromo, so you do not miss the sunrise in the tourist area of Mount Bromo.

5. Strawberry Gardens Mount Bromo 
 
Not only offers the exotic beauty of the natural landscape and cultural travel alone, in the field of agro-tourism we can also find a tourist area that has a different nuance to Mount Bromo. In the tourist area of this one, you can immediately reap the fruit of their own strawberries direct from the tree stem. More than that, you can directly enjoy the sweetness of the strawberries is typical of the famous Mount Bromo is very sweet and maroon colored or deep red rather dusky so that the taste is very sweet. If you're visiting one of the most beautiful mountain in the world, no one tried to enjoy the sensation of sweet and strawberry fruit legitnya slopes of Mount Bromo.

Cultural Tourism in Mount Bromo 
1. Festival Yadnya Kasada 
At day 14, the Hindu festival Yadnya Kasada, Tengger people who live around Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, East Java, to climb the mountain by bringing offerings or offerings of fruit, rice, vegetables, flowers and also sacrifice their livestock to the mountain gods by throwing offerings into the mountain caldera berapi.Asal origin of this ritual based on the story of the history and legends of Mount bromo already described above authors.
Need friends know, cultural rituals delivery offerings to the gods at the top of Mount Bromo is fairly dangerous, in addition to steep slopes and activities of the ritual is performed exactly on the edge of the slopes of the crater of Mount Bromo, even a few residents dare to take risks ride down into the crater of the volcano, in an effort to bring the goods sacrificed believed to bring good luck to them.
In the desert there is a Hindu temple called Pura Luhur Poten name. The temple holds significance for the Tengger people scattered mountain villages, such as Argosari, Ngadisari, Ngadas, Wonokitri, Ranu Prani, Ledok Ombo and Wonokerso. The temple is a major place in the annual Kasada Yadnya ceremony which takes place in approximately one month. On the 14th day, usually Tengger people will gather at Pura Luhur Poten have to ask for blessing from Ida Hyang Widi Wasa and the ruler Mahameru (Mt. Kilimanjaro).
Then a wide range of results along the edge of the crater of Mount Bromo become the offerings that will be thrown into the crater. Notable difference between this and the temple Bromo temples in Bali is a type of stone materials and materials bangunan.Pura Luhur Poten Bromo in using natural black stone that comes from the volcano nearby, while the temples in Bali are mostly made of material red brick. In this temple, there are some buildings and stables are also aligned in the composition mandala zone.