Kesodo Ceremony in Mount Bromo

Tengger is a regional group of the mountains between 1700-2000 m above sea level. This area is a rural valley in the hills around Mount Bromo as the center. Tengger indigenous community in a part of life is important. Is maintained tradition as well as the functioning of community life and faith. Many among them a tale that tells about the origin of many ceremonies and mountains which are spread around Mount Bromo. Customs and religion have become part of community life Tengger from time to time.

Roro and Joko Seger Anteng a long descent
One of the big ceremony Tengger people who are known by the Indonesian community Kesodo ceremony is held each year in the twelve months to a matter of public pranatamangsa Tengger. According to legend, the ceremony commences from the Roro and Joko Seger Anteng a very long childhood. They have him long, but it also was not a child any time.

On a night when Joko Seger semedi are eager to invoke blessings of the gods, he saw a light flash in the distance. Joko Seger immediately invites his wife to come to light because the light certainly think it came from the gods who came down to earth. Once in place until light, the fact that light comes from light crater of Mount Bromo. Although a bit disappointed because they did not meet with the gods, but the pair are husband and wife swear in front of the crater of Mount Beromo that if the gods or kelang Hong Pukulon fulfill their request and their children are endowed with as many as 25 people and all living, the youngest child who will be sacrificed into the crater of Mount Bromo. Oath is intended as an expression of their sense of gratitude, both of them.

In fact a few months later gods earnestly fulfill their request, because the symptoms appear that Roro Anteng will soon have a son. Finally terkabul apply them, children are endowed with as many as 25 people are all OK. Children and Joko Seger Roro Anteng is almost the adult, but Joko Seger or the Tengger akan forget his promise before, namely the expense of the youngest son.

At the time a neighbor of the Tengger bermimpilah, if the Tengger not immediately fulfill his promise, then the entire region will be exposed to disaster and misfortune all the family Tengger akan dihabisi. Then a neighbor told these dreams to the Tengger. The Tengger and his wife are very surprised. They will remember their first appointment. The Tengger and his wife are heartbroken, they pity the fate of their youngest child. Apparently their youngest child is named Kesumo has heard discussion between his father and neighbors. Kesumo thinking, if such a promise to his father's first gods, then the promise is to be ditepati. Kesumo willing sacrifice for the safety of residents and their families. With a steady heart dikemukakannya meant to my father and mother. Only for the Kesumo requested that he sacrificed in the crater of Mount Bromo in the middle of the night the 15th full moon full moon confirmation. He requested that all the people in the area to convey to the Bromo crater burial as has been promised by her father.

That is one of the legends told about the origin of a ceremony in the community Kesada Tengger. There are still stories told about such a radical Kesada ceremony, the story of the Kyai Gede Dadap White who has a foster daughter, called Putri Tiban. While my daughter has grown into a teenage girl who canti, came a man named Kyai Bimo woo. Proposal was rejected by Putri Tiban. Because pinangannya declined, Kyai marahlah Bimo. Daughter Tiban akan condemned not to get a life mate.

Curse into a reality. To advanced age daughter Tiban still do not get a mate. Finally, on the instructions of Kyai Dadap White magic, Putri Tiban been bersemedi gods to request that the child was. Application was granted by gods. Tiban daughter was 25 children, but because of heavy support for the suffering of many children, the daughter to the gods Tiban seeking to avoid the intense poverty. As a reward Tiban promising daughter of one of his children to sacrifice to the crater of Mount Bromo.

Application form-Tiban daughter apparently granted by gods and start their lives improved, protected from poverty. Finally, with the feeling of a heavy daughter Tiban the expense of one of his sons entered into a crater of Mount Bromo. Next Tengger people and children and grandchildren Putri Tiban menganang day the victim as a warning and a receipt to the love gods. Development and indicates that the victim has a start and replaced by sacrificing some of the produce and livestock peliharaan. Victim was held in each month Kesada.

On the day Kesada the most important ceremonies, the ritual sacrifice and the inauguration ceremony and the traditional witch. The young shaman tested by the head witch Center (Chairman of the witch) is domiciled in Ngadisari. Victims of the Bromo crater dilabuh to include livestock such as chickens and goats. In addition there is also a result of money and melabuh plant. The most dilabuhkan is because the seed potatoes are potatoes that are planted in the Tengger.

Kesada ceremony began in the morning in the Mount Bromo Poten. Shaman senior assisted by the shaman-healer of all Probolinggo regency, Lumajang, Malang and Pasuruan start burning incense and implementing menguyubkan akan Kesada ceremony. After a silence which is reserved to the Almighty Hyang Agung, the soul and the gods, then all the objects into the victim dilabuh crater of Mount Bromo.

Besides the people who come to sacrifice to Mount Bromo, also many people who came there to do skelter, that is collecting goods dilarung to take advantage of them or take home. If the goods after the victim dilarung, the pemarit berlarian down the crater to retrieve the goods Labuhan. This is not prohibited by the head of the customs. In fact, there is that seed potatoes are taken from the float will be growing better than normal seeds.

Kesada ceremony begins at the sky in the east visible light, at around 04.30 hours and ends tomorrow dinihari same morning. The people who will follow the ceremony has been set out earlier, berbondong-Poten the crowd toward the start of the ceremony.

That sekelumit about Kesada in Tengger ritual that is still in progress until now. Presumably unique ceremony that will not ever be told with words without the need to watch yourself there. Society Tengger religious community is always to uphold the customs and beliefs