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General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, with Mount Bromo, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, with Mount Bromo, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. The 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. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Tenggerese worshippers trek across the “Sea of Sand” with a goat for an offering during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Tenggerese worshippers trek across the “Sea of Sand” with a goat for an offering during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Eleven-years old Feri holds a net as they wait to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Eleven-years old Feri holds a net as they wait to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A bird flies over the crater of mount Bromo thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A bird flies over the crater of mount Bromo thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Villagers use nets to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Villagers use nets to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Tenggerese worshippers gather at the crater of Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Tenggerese worshippers gather at the crater of Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Tenggerese worshipper stands at Mount Bromo's “Sea of Sand” during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Tenggerese worshipper stands at Mount Bromo's “Sea of Sand” during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Tenggerese worshipper walks across Mount Bromo's “Sea of Sand” carrying offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Tenggerese worshipper walks across Mount Bromo's “Sea of Sand” carrying offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




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 on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

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 on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




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 on August 12, 2014. The Kasada ceremony is a festival held every 14th day of the Kasada month in the traditional Hindu lunar calender to honour Sang Hyang Widhi (God Almighty) and is based on the legend of Roro Anteng and Joko Seger from the Majapahit Kingdom, from which their Tengger tribe name originates. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)

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 on August 12, 2014. The Kasada ceremony is a festival held every 14th day of the Kasada month in the traditional Hindu lunar calender to honour Sang Hyang Widhi (God Almighty) and is based on the legend of Roro Anteng and Joko Seger from the Majapahit Kingdom, from which their Tengger tribe name originates. Hundreds of worshippers from the Tengger tribe offer food and livestock as a symbolic sacrifice which they throw into the crater for the blessings of safety and prosperity to their familyies and community. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP Photo)




Tenggerese worshippers carry vegetables for an offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Tenggerese worshippers carry vegetables for an offerings during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo on August 12, 2014 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Non-Hindus carry nets as they wait on the edge of the crater to catch offerings cast down by Hindus during the Kasodo ceremony at Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, Indonesia, August 12, 2014. The Kasodo ceremony is a way of Tengger Hindus to express their gratitude to God for good harvest and fortune. The offerings range from vegetables to chickens, from fruits to goats, from money to other valuables. (Photo by Fully Handoko/EPA)

Non-Hindus carry nets as they wait on the edge of the crater to catch offerings cast down by Hindus during the Kasodo ceremony at Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, Indonesia, August 12, 2014. The Kasodo ceremony is a way of Tengger Hindus to express their gratitude to God for good harvest and fortune. The offerings range from vegetables to chickens, from fruits to goats, from money to other valuables. (Photo by Fully Handoko/EPA)




General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia.  (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Tenggerese shaman praying for worshippers at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Tenggerese shaman praying for worshippers at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Tenggerese worshippers collect holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Tenggerese worshippers collect holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




Tenggerese worshippers is seen inside the Widodaren cave as they collect holy water and pray during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Tenggerese worshippers is seen inside the Widodaren cave as they collect holy water and pray during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Tenggerese worshipper woman washing her face with holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Tenggerese worshipper woman washing her face with holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




A Tenggerese shaman praying for an worshipper as they collect holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

A Tenggerese shaman praying for an worshipper as they collect holy water at Widodaren cave during the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)




General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, with Mount Bromo, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. The festival is the main festival of the Tenggerese people and lasts about a month. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

General view of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, with Mount Bromo, the location of the Tenggerese villages where the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada Festival is held on August 11, 2014 in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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