Once a year, Tengger community round Bromo-Tengger National Park, holds Kasodo ceremony, this year it fell on Sunday, September 6, 2009, but the preparation of the series of the ceremony had been started on Friday, (9/6) with the anniversary of Poten Temple which is located on the sea of sand in the Tengger crater.

The temple anniversary was preceded by a journey to request holy water from three different sacred places, Widodaren spring on the slope of mount widodaren , Madakaripura Waterfall, and Watu Plosot at Mount Semeru. The holy water is essential part of the ceremony since it is used to purify the temple and the offerings that are presented by the Tengger Hindus on the day of Temple anniversary.

The peak of Kasodo ceremony was held early in the morning, on Saturday (9/6), thousands of Tengger Hindus climbed Mount Bromo; at the rim of Bromo’s craters they threw their offerings into the crater of Mount Bromo. The offerings range from vegetables to chickens, from fruits to goats, from money to other valuables. Dozens of non Hindus who came from outside Tengger area, waited on the edge of the crater to catch the offerings.

The Kasodo ceremony is a way of Tengger Hindus to express their gratitude to God almighty for good harvest and fortune that have been bestowed on them.

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