Long time ago there lived a couple in the village near the
top of mount Bromo. Joko Seger is his name. He lived peacefully with his wife
Roro Anteng. But they were not happy because after some time they did not have
any children. Then Joko Seger meditated in mount Bromo asking for god to give
them children.
Some times later Joko Seger had a dream. In his dream he was
told that he would have descendants but on one condition. The god asked him to
sacrifice his children to the crater of mount Bromo. If he refused to
sacrifice, then the god will be angry. Without thinking twice Joko Seger agreed
to the condition.
After that every year Roro Anteng gave birth to twenty five
children. They were very happy and they loved their children so much that they
were reluctant to sacrifice them to the crater. They did not give anything to
the crater. Then something happened.
One day there was a big eruption of mount Bromo. Smoke, fire,
hot cloud of ash came out of its crater. The earth was trembling. The sky was
dark. Animals ran away from the mountain. People were very scared since some of
them became victims of the hot cloud.
Joko Seger and Roro Anteng remembered their promise to god.
He realized that god was very angry. So he decided to sacrifice one of his
sons. Then he went to the crater with his youngest son Kusuma. Because Joko
Seger did not really want to sacrifice his son to the crater, he tried to hide
him. But suddenly an eruption began and made Kusuma fall. Afterwards, Kusuma,
who had fell to the crater, gave a voice, "I have to be sacrificed by my
parents so that you will all stay alive. From now on, you should arrange an
annual offering ceremony on the 14th of Kesodo (the twelfth month of Tenggerese
calender.)"
Since then
on Joko Seger and Roro Anteng gave offerings to the crater. Every year on the
14th day of the month of Kesada the people of Tengger held a ceremony to give
offerings.
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