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Mount Bromo
(Gunung Bromo), located in the Tengger Caldera, is one of the most
popular tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia. It is an active
volcano and part of the Tengger massif, and even though with 2329m
it is not the highest peak of the massif, it is the most well known
Legend
According to a local folk tale, at the end of the 15th century princess
Roro Anteng from the Majapahit Empire started a separate principality
together with her husband Joko Seger. They named it Tengger by the
last syllables of their names. The principality did prosper, but
the ruling couple failed to conceive children. In their despair
they climbed Mount Bromo to pray to the gods, who granted them help,
but requested the last child to be sacrificed to the gods. They
had 24 children, and when the 25th and last child Kesuma was born
Roro Anteng refused to do the sacrifice as promised. The gods then
threatened with fire and brimstone, until she finally did the sacrifice.
After the child was thrown into the crater, the voice of the child
ordered the local people to perform an annual ceremony on the volcano,
which is still held today.
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