Borobudur is full of mystery

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is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location of the temple is approximately 100 miles southwest of Semarang and 40 miles northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD during the reign of the dynasty dynasty. In Chinese, this temple is [...]

BROMO – Indonesia, The Most Beauty Danger Asia

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Mount Bromo (from the Sanskrit: Brahma, one of the main Hindu Gods), is a volcano is stillactive and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java. As a tourist attraction, MountBromo become attractive because of its status as the volcano is still active.
Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level is located in four regions, namelyProbolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang Regency. Mount Bromo mesh body shapebetween the valleys and canyons with a caldera or a sea of ​​sand covering approximately10 square kilometers.
Mount Bromo has a crater with a diameter of ± 800 meters (north-south) and ± 600 meters(east-west). While the danger area of a circle with a radius of 4 km from the central crater of Bromo.

history of the eruption

During the twentieth century, the mountain is famous as a tourist spot that erupted three times, with regular time intervals, namely 30 years. The biggest eruption occurred in 1974,while the last eruption occurred in 2010.
Bromo eruption history: 2011, 2010, 2004, 2001, 1995, 1984, 1983, 1980, 1972, 1956, 1955, 1950, 1948, 1940, 1939, 1935, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1922, 1921, 1915, 1916, 1910,1909, 1907, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1907, 1896, 1893, 1890, 1888, 1886, 1887, 1886, 1885, 1886, 1885, 1877, 1867, 1868, 1866, 1865, 1865, 1860, 1859, 1858, 1858, 1857, 1856, 1844, 1843, 1843, 1835, 1830, 1830, 1829, 1825, 1822, 1823, 1820, 1815, 1804, 1775,and 1767.

 Bromo as a sacred mountain

For residents of Bromo Tengger tribe, Mount Brahma (Bromo) believed to be a sacred mountain. Once a year the community held a ceremony Yadnya Tengger Kasada orKasodo. This ceremony is held at a temple located at the foot of Mount Bromo and proceednorth to the top of Mount Bromo. The ceremony was held at midnight to early morning everyfull moon around 14 or 15 in Kasodo (tenth) according to the Javanese calendar.

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