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In the News (Wed 11 Nov 09)

  
  Indonesia Attractions
Volcanic sulphur fumes and smoke still emanate from the depths, and when the God of Bromo begins to rumble, the surrounding population quickly bring their offerings.
The annual offering ceremony of Kasada is held on the 14th day of Kasada, the twelfth month in the Tenggerese calendar year.
It is a dazzling event where villagers from the surrounding areas bring their humble offerings to the holy volcano.
www.asia-planet.net /indonesia/bromo.htm   (600 words)

  
  Tenggerese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tenggerese are the descendants of the Majapahit princes.
The Tenggerese Muslims have a more successful conversion, though they frequently mix original Hindu-Buddhist ideas and spirits to their Islam and celebrate Tenggerese festivals at the same time.
According to legend, Jaka Senger and Roro Anteng are the ancestors of the Tenggerese.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tenggerese   (1121 words)

  
 The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
The Tenggerese are farmers who grow corn on dry permanent fields or, by using the "slash and burn" technique, they create temporary agricultural plots called swiddens.
Tenggerese youth are free to do their own courting, although parental consent is required.
Most Tenggerese are Hindus who mix their beliefs with animism (belief that non-living objects have spirits).
kcm.co.kr /bethany_eng/p_code2/1208.html   (764 words)

  
 Craters Within
A pare of Tenggerese horseman had watch my coming and galloped towards me, their compact ponies lifting a spray of damp sand from their hooves.
For the Hindu-Buddhist Tenggerese, the Kesodo festival is a chance to placate ill fortune and promote good luck—Hyang Wide is also known by his Hindu name—Brahman—from which the name Bromo is derived.
Java is a volatile place to live geologically and sociologically, now, as it was when the Tenggerese first settled here on the bow wave of Muslim insurgence that spread throughout most of Indonesia.
www.volcanicimages.com /wc/withincraters.html   (2864 words)

  
 The Digital Library of the Commons
The dependency of Tenggerese to BTC was high, mainly for Kasodo ceremony.
According to Tenggerese, tourism should be managed to ensure the sacredness of the ceremony than nature conservation issues.
However, less attention and participation for BTC conservation among Tenggerese should become the main issues of discussion to draw the conclusion, both for national park authorities and local government.
dlc.dlib.indiana.edu /archive/00001914   (316 words)

  
 kesada_ceremony.htm
The Tenggerese are an ethnic group inhabiting the highlands of East Java's Tengger mountain range, They live almost entirely from the cultivation of crops and embrace a Hindu/Buddhist religion.
The annual Yadnya Kasada is a holy ceremony held at the crater and sea of Mount Bromo is a holy festival of thanksgiving and a time for the inauguration of priest.
The poten is a sacred area of ground on Mt. Bromo 's sand sea, and becomes the focus for the annual Kasada ceremony.
www.baliglobalmarket.com /bgm_monthly/bgm_13/kesada_ceremony.htm   (1078 words)

  
 Manila Standard Today -- Magic Mountain -- July 20, 2005
It became increasingly clear to me that I was destined to visit the scenic splendor of Surabaya as dear friend and world traveler Vernon Prieto made mention of a very special hybrid society, the Tenggerese, who lived at the foothills of Surabaya’s main tourist attraction, the majestic Mt. Bromo.
I was impressed with his skill, dexterity (and sometimes bravery) as he maneuvered his way out of the dense fog through the winding hills until we reached Ngadisari, the largest of the 38 traditional Tenggerese villages.
Tenggerese vendors clad in sarongs tied in their indigenous unique way, over the head to keep warm, held bouquets of eidelweiss to be offered to the revered volcano.
www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=goodLife01_july20_2005   (1372 words)

  
 Mount Bromo - World Travel Guide
The inside of the caldera, aptly dubbed the Laut Pasir (Sea of Sand) is coated with fine volcanic sand and the overall effect is unsettlingly unearthly, especially when compared to the lush green valleys all around the caldera.
The area around the mountain is inhabited by the Tenggerese, the only Hindus left on the island of Java.
The local form of religion is quite similar to that on Bali, but rather more low-key thanks to the population pressure of Muslims all around, with the only visible manifestations of faith being a few rather basic temples (pura).
www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Mount_Bromo   (1118 words)

  
 Kasada Ceremony at Mt. Bromo
The Kasada ceremony opens with the inauguration of the honored members of Tenggerese society.
The Tenggerese are an ethnic group inhabiting the highlands of East Java's Tengger mountain range, They live almost entirely from the cultivation of crops and embrace a Hindu/Buddhist religion.
The religion of Tenggerese is in same respects different to the Hinduism of Bali or of India.
www.petra.ac.id /tourism/kasada.htm   (1075 words)

  
 JavaTours.com : Your complete choices to visit Java and Bali island
In Bromo area is a small population of Hindu Tenggerese.
By the end of 15th centur, Islamic power was growing on the north coast and less than a century most of East Java are muslim.
Just because of didnt want to be in muslim environtment many Hindu-Buddist were moving to Bali, but in the mountain ranges around Gunung Bromo, the Tenggerese people traced their history back to Majapahit and still practise their own religion.
www.javatours.com /abouttours.htm   (852 words)

  
 ::www.javavacations.com::
A midnight oferring ceremony at the crater of Mt. Bromo, the active and dominant volcano in The Tengger Mountain range of East Java.
Held annually on the 14 th day of Kesodo, the month of then Tenggerese year.
The actual ceremony begins at dawn when priest of the Tenggerese Budha Dharma relegion prepare themselves for the offering riitual.
www.javavacations.com /event.htm   (366 words)

  
 TravelWriter Mt Bromo — Mountain of Fire The journals of Stephanie Brookes - travel writer
The Tenggerese people are Hindu but ethnically Javanese.
Every year, on the 14th day of the last month of the Javanese Calendar, when the moon is full, Mount Bromo holds a “Kasada Festival”.
The local Hindu Tenggerese people come in procession at sunrise to cast offerings into the crater at dawn to calm the god of the volcano.
www.travelwriter.ws /bromo.html   (1079 words)

  
 Sativa Sanggraloka: Surrounding's Nature
Everyday, people from every nationality trek across the sand sea around the mount in pre-dawn to watch the sun rise at the crater rim.
Bromo has special reputation due to its unique location and its role for culture reserve of Majapahit remains that shown by local inhabitants, the Tenggerese, who descent from a princess of Majapahit.
Meru Betiri Reserve is well known with its exotic natural attraction on southern beaches; the sea turtle nesting beaches.
www.sativahotels.com /sanggraloka/nature.html   (737 words)

  
 Indonesia - Holidays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The belief is that any remaining demons will be discouraged by the silence and will leave.
he Tenggerese in East Java celebrate the Kesodo Festival each year by making a pilgrimage to the Bromo Volcano.
In order to ensure that the volcano will not erupt, they sacrifice chickens and goats by throwing them into the volcano at midnight.
www.cp-pc.ca /english/indonesia/holidays.html   (389 words)

  
 Indonesia travel and adventures - Overland Journey Java to Bali
Many traditional performances can be found in the daily program of cultural presentations such as Ramayana Ballet - the Javanese Classical dance, Wayang Kuit - Shadow Puppet and others.
The slope of the mountain cultivate by the local Tenggerese farmers with the market of vegetables.
The best time to climb Mt. Bromo is very early morning to reach the summit for dawn.
www.adventureindonesia.com /group-disc-2.htm   (929 words)

  
 Indonesia - Spirituality
More than 10,000 labourers and carvers, using only hand tools, spent almost a century building the temple.
he Chinese and Tenggerese of Java are Buddhists.
Buddhists follow the Eightfold Path to conquer desire, which, they believe, is the cause of suffering.
www.cp-pc.ca /english/indonesia/spirit.html   (377 words)

  
 Sunrise Holiday - Tours and Travel | The right place to get detail information on tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Continue our trip, crossing sea of sand.Take about 20 minutes to reach the top, There a stairway to the top (249 steps!!!), standing on the rim of Bromo and see the crater.
Back to Malang via Nongkojajar, Passing the beautiful vegetables farming area of Tenggerese, Apple plantation and coffee plantation.
Possessing 3 isles with a distance of about 100meters each, two of which have been connected with one meter-wide bridge to the shore.
www.sunriseholiday.com   (494 words)

  
 TrekEarth | going for praying Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
They are tenggerese people on the way to mt. Bromo for praying.
The biggest offering ceremony called Kasodo, which is held each year by Tenggerese on the 14th day of full moon Kesodo (Tenggerese Calendar).
On Kasodo day, Inhabitants of Tengger Mountain gather at the rim of Mt. Bromo's active crater to present annual offerings of rice, fruits, vegetables, flowers, livestock, and other local products to the God of the mountain.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/photo230180.htm   (539 words)

  
 PreventConflict.org - Maps - Java
West Java is mainly populated by Sundanese, while Madura Island, off the northeast coast, is home to the Madurese people.
The Tenggerese, an ethnic group that claims to descend from the 15th century Javanese-Hindu kingdom of Majapahit, live in the easternmost end of Java, on the slopes of Mt. Bromo.
They speak Tenggar, an ancient dialect of Javanese and, unlike the majority of Indonesians, practice Hinduism, mixed with elements of animism.
www.preventconflict.org /portal/main/maps_java_overview.php   (996 words)

  
 Hinduism Today | Diaspora | October/November/December, 2004
Viewed from the air it will show the Jain symbol of Triloka, and the symbol of ahimsa will be represented by a magnificent mosaic pond.
Mount bromo, home of East Java's unique Tenggerese Hindus, erupted in June.
Each year Tenggerese climb to the edge of Mount Bromo's crater and throw offerings to the Gods into its fiery, open vent.
www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/2004/10-12/08-10_diaspora.shtml   (1895 words)

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