A worshipper prays at the crater of Mount Bromo during Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, August 1, 2015. Every year people gather for the annual festival where offerings of rice, fruit, vegetables, livestock or money are made to Hindu gods at the active volcano to ask for blessings and assure a bountiful harvest. (Photo by AP Photo/Trisnadi)
Tenggerese worshippers gather at the crater of Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada Festival on August 01, 2015 in Probolinggo, East 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)
Worshippers climb Mount Bromo to throw offerings into its crater during Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, August 1, 2015. (Photo by AP Photo/Trisnadi)
A worshipper throws chicken into the crater of Mount Bromo as an offering to the gods during Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, August 1, 2015. (Photo by AP Photo/Trisnadi)
A young girl carries a chicken offering during Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, August 1, 2015. (Photo by AP Photo/Trisnadi)
Villagers hold nets as try to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Kasada Festival at the crater of Mount Bromo, in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province August 1, 2015. Villagers and worshippers throw offerings such as livestock and other crops into the volcanic crater of Mount Bromo to give thanks to the Hindu gods for ensuring their safety and prosperity. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers drag a cow to climb up after catching it shortly after Hindu worshippers threw the animal into the crater of Mount Bromo during the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A man holds a net as he tries to catch a chicken after Hindu worshippers threw their offerings during the Kasada Festival into a crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers drag a cow to climb up after catching it shortly after Hindu worshippers threw the animal into the crater of Mount Bromo during the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers hold nets as try to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Kasada Festival at the crater of Mount Bromo, in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A man leads a goat down the slope of the mountain after managing to catch it from Hindu worshippers, who attempted to throw it into the crater as an offering, during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A Hindu worshipper throws vegetables into the crater as offerings during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A man (C) holds a net as he waits with others to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers during the Kasada Festival at the crater of Mount Bromo on August 1, 2015 in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers hold nets up into the air as they try to catch coins, thrown as offerings by Hindu worshippers into the crater during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A man holds out a net in an attempt to catch coins thrown as offerings by Hindu worshippers into the crater during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A Hindu worshipper holds out a chicken before throwing it into the crater as an offering during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Hindu worshippers hold a goat, which will be thrown into the crater as their offering, during the Kasada Festival at crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers holds their nets as they wait for Hindu worshippers to throw their offerings into the crater during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers hold nets in an attempt to catch coins thrown as offerings by Hindu worshippers into the crater during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A villager holds onto a portion of a net while standing on the slope of the crater with others while waiting to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers into the crater during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
People climb the slope of Bromo mountain to attend the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A man carries a child on his back as they climb the slope of Bromo mountain to attend the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A man holds a net up in the air as he stands along a slope of the crater waiting to catch offerings thrown by Hindu worshippers into the crater during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
People walk down the slope of Mount Bromo after attending the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
A villager hands a goat to another after managing to catch it from a Hidu worshipper, who attempted to throw it into the crater as an offering, at Mount Bromo during the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Hindu worshippers gather around a fire keep themselves warm as they wait for the Kasada Festival ceremony to commence at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers stand inside a temple as they wait for the Kasada Festival ceremony to commence at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Tenggerese shamans pray during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Hindu worshippers stand on top of the crater of Mount Bromo as they attend the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Villagers lead a calf up a slope after catching it shortly after Hindu worshippers attempted to throw it into the crater of Mount Bromo as an offering during the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
People stand on top of the crater of Mount Bromo to attend the Kasada Festival in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Tenggerese shamans sit during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
Tenggerese shamans sit during the Kasada Festival at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, Indonesia's East Java province, August 1, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)
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 July 31, 2015 in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
A villager uses a net to catch offerings thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo during Yadnya Kasada festival in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, August 1, 2015. (Photo by AP Photo/Trisnadi)
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