Mount Bromo

Bromo

                                         image : Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo ( from Sanskrit : Brahma , one of the main gods in Hinduism ) , is an active volcano in East Java , Indonesia . This mountain has an altitude of 2,329 meters above sea level and located in four districts , namely Probolinggo , Pasuruan , Lumajang and Malang. Mount Bromo is famous as a major tourist attraction in East Java . As a tourist attraction , Bromo become attractive because of its status as the volcano is still active . Mount Bromo is included in the area of ​​Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park .

Mount Bromo shape mesh between valleys and canyons with the caldera or the ocean 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 center of the crater of Bromo .

                                           image : Mount Bromo Sunrise

Sacred Mountain

 For residents around Mount Bromo , Tengger , Mount Bromo / Mount Brahma is believed to be a sacred mountain . Once a year the Tengger community held a ceremony Yadnya Kasada or Kasodo . This ceremony took place in a temple that is under the foot of Mount Bromo and proceed to the top of Bromo . The ceremony was held at midnight to early morning every full moon around 14 or 15 in Kasodo ( tenth ) according to the Javanese calendar .

                                         Image : Yadnya Kasada/Kasodo Ceremony

Historical eruptions

Mount Bromo has erupted several times , at regular intervals , ie 30 years . The largest eruption occurred in 1974 , while the last eruption occurred in 2011 .