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Yadnya Kasada Festival in Indonesia 

 

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A Tenggerese worshipper carries vegetables for an offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

The Yadnya Kasada Festival is the main festival of the Tenggerese people and lasts about a month. On the fourteenth day, the Tenggerese make the journey to Mount Bromo to make offerings of rice, fruits, vegetables, flowers and livestock to the mountain gods by throwing them into the volcano's caldera. The origin of the festival lies in the 15th century when a princess named Roro Anteng started the principality of Tengger with her husband Joko Seger, and the childless couple asked the mountain Gods for help in bearing children. The legend says the Gods granted them 24 children but on the provision that the 25th must be tossed into the volcano in sacrifice. The 25th child, Kesuma, was finally sacrificed in this way after initial refusal, and the tradition of throwing sacrifices into the caldera to appease the mountain Gods continues today.

In pictures: Yadnya Kasada Festival in Indonesia

In pictures: Yadnya Kasada Festival in Indonesia

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    A Tenggerese worshipper carries vegetables for an offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    A Tenggerese worshipper stands at Mount Bromo's 'Sea of Sand' during the Yadnya Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, East Java

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    A bird flies over the crater of mount Bromo thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Every year, Tenggerese people gather for the annual festival where offerings of rice, fruit, vegetables, livestock or money are made to Hindu gods at the active volcano to ask for blessings and assure a bountiful harvest

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    Tenggerese worshippers use their nets to catch offerings thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo by Hindu devotees during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Tenggerese worshippers use their nets to catch offerings thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo by Hindu devotees during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    A tenggerese carries vegetables for an offering during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Tenggerese worshippers carry vegetables for an offering during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Tenggerese people gather for the ceremony during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Tenggerese worshippers trek across the 'Sea of Sand' to give their offerings to Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Villagers use nets to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Tenggerese worshippers trek across the 'Sea of Sand' with a goat for an offering during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    A Tenggerese worshipper walks across Mount Bromo's 'Sea of Sand' carrying offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java

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    Tengger tribes people place vegetables as offerings at Mount Bromo during the annual Kasada ceremony in East Java

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    A Tengger tribesman prays at Mount Bromo during the annual Kasada ceremony in East Java

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    A Tenggerese shaman praying for an worshipper as they collect holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, Java

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    A Tengger tribesman hold a goat before throwing it towards the crater as an offering at Mount Bromo during the annual Kasada ceremony in East Java

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    General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held in Probolinggo, Java

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    Tenggerese worshippers give a chicken as offering to Tenggerese shaman as they pray at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, Java

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    Tengger tribes people catching offerings at Mount Bromo during the annual Kasada ceremony

 

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