Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit: Brahma, one of the main Hindu Gods), is a 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 Tengger Semeru National Park has the type of sub-montane ecosystems, montane and sub-Alphin with large trees and hundreds of years old.
Some plant species are found in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, among others jamuju (Dacrycarpus imbricatus), mountain pine (Casuarina sp.), Eidelweis (Anaphalis javanica), various types of orchids and rare species of grass (Styphelia pungieus).
There are around 137 species of birds, 22 species of mammals and 4 species of reptiles in the park
And endangered species that are protected in national parks include mongoose (Pardofelis marmorata), deer (Cervus timorensis), long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), deer (Muntiacus muntjac), red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), leopard (Panthera pardus), deer (Cuon alpinus), and various species of birds such as the kestrel bird (Accipiter virgatus), hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros silvestris), snake eagles Bido (Spilornis cheela Bido), black Srigunting (Dicrurus macrocercus), the kites (Haliastur indus), and grouse that live in Ranu Pani, Ranu Regulo, and Ranu Kumbolo.
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park is the only conservation area in Indonesia, which has a unique form of sand sea covering an area of 5,250 hectares, is located at an altitude of ± 2100 meters above sea level.
In the sea of sand found seven eruptive centers in the two paths that criss-cross the east-west and northeast-southwest. Of northeast-southwest of Mount Bromo was raging which includes the active volcano which at times may issue an eruption of smoke and threaten human life in the vicinity (± 3500 inhabitants).
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.
Tengger tribe residing around the park is a tribal Hindu. According to legend, the origins of the tribes of the kingdom of Majapahit into exile. Interestingly, looking at people around (Tengger) look no sense of fear despite knowing it was dangerous Bromo, including many travelers who visit the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park at Kasodo ceremony.
For residents of Bromo Tengger tribe, Mount Brahma (Bromo) believed to be a sacred mountain. Once a year the Tengger people Yadnya Kasada ceremony or Kasodo. The ceremony was held at a temple located at the foot of Mount Bromo and proceed north to the top of Mount 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.
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