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© Valentino Luis; © Sendy Aditya Saputra; © Prawat Thananithaporn/Shutterstock; © Zanariah Salam/Shutterstock
We walked the caldera, all the way to the foot of Mt Bromo
where the lonesome Luhur Poten Temple stands. On Hindu
holy days, the temple stands as the centre of all religious
rituals carried out by the people of Tengger.
her husband, Joko Seger, their destination Mt building of edelweiss tourism villages outside
Bromo. With them came a number of loyal of the forest, where travellers are allowed to
followers, and a new community grew, which pick the flower, identified by its Latin name
they named ‘Tengger’, a combination of both Anaphalis javanica.
of their surnames. It later became the only
5 Senses – Sight remaining Hindu community in the eastern The Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
PUNCAK B29 region of Java. may not be the largest national park in the
Indonesian archipelago, but geographically
We walked the caldera, all the way to the foot its area encompasses several districts within
of Mt Bromo where the lonesome Luhur Poten the East Java administrative region. The
Located south-east of Mt Bromo, Temple stands. On Hindu holy days, the temple 50,276-hectare park covers four neighbouring
on the border of the Lumajang and stands as the centre of all religious rituals carried districts, namely Pasuruan, Malang, Lumajang
Probolinggo districts, the area is out by the people of Tengger, one of them and Probolinggo, and approximately 15
a new favourite for travellers seeking being the Yadnya Kasada. mountains, the most famous of which are
breathtaking sunrise views. Many Mt Bromo and Mt Semeru.
believe Puncak B29 (B29 Summit) “The Yadnya Kasada ritual is held to
is positioned even higher than commemorate Raden Kusuma, son of Roro My meeting with Kuswan led to us spending
Penanjakan I. The site took its name Anteng and Joko Seger, who sacrificed himself the afternoon at his family’s field. Most Tengger
from songkolikur, or ‘29’ in the local to allow the life of the Tengger people to residents, especially those in the Sukapura
dialect, which residents of Tengger continue,” said Kuswan, who sells edelweiss sub-district, work as horticulture farmers, who
believe to be based on the 25 elements flowers on the stairs leading up to the tip of benefit from the area’s fertile volcanic soil. Their
of the human character and four the Bromo crater. He operates daily, carrying fields produce a bountiful harvest. “We used to
purposes of life. The access to Puncak several bouquets of edelweiss and bringing along have to go down to Probolinggo to sell our
B29 is relatively easy thanks to the a white horse to offer to visitors. “This flower, produce come harvest; now many come to us
available transportation and proper we call it Tana Layu, because it’s everlasting, directly, sometimes all the way from Pasuruan
roads, sparing tourists the trek. This it doesn’t wither,” he said. and Surabaya,” one farmer told me.
area can be reached from Lumajang,
Probolinggo and Malang. The edelweiss on Bromo is protected by law, The next morning, Nico and I woke at 2.30am
although Tengger residents are given an to make our way to Penanjakan. The jeep we
Berada di sebelah tenggara exception and are allowed to use them during had ordered the previous day arrived and, once
Gunung Bromo pada tapal batas religious rituals. The local national park settled with our fellow passengers, I realised
antara Kabupaten Lumajang dan organisation has also recently proposed the I was the only Indonesian in the vehicle!
Probolinggo, lokasi ini mulai menjadi
idaman baru bagi para travellers.
Daya tarik utamanya yakni 1 2
pemandangan matahari terbit.
Puncak B29 dipercaya bahkan lebih
tinggi dari Penanjakan I. Nama B29,
konon, berasal dari sebutan warga
setempat “Songolikur” yang dalam
bahasa Indonesia berarti ‘29’. Menurut
keyakinan masyarakat Tengger, angka
ini diambil dari 25 unsur sifat manusia
dan 4 tujuan hidup manusia.
Akses menuju Puncak B29 terbilang
mudah dengan kendaraan dan aspal
yang baik, tanpa perlu trekking.
Bisa dicapai dari Kota Lumajang,
Probolinggo dan Malang.
1 Traditional Tenggerian offering of flowers and
aromatic sticks in Bromo volcano.
2 View from Penanjakan II.
© Valentino Luis; © Sendy Aditya Saputra; © Prawat Thananithaporn/Shutterstock; © Zanariah Salam/Shutterstock
We walked the caldera, all the way to the foot of Mt Bromo
where the lonesome Luhur Poten Temple stands. On Hindu
holy days, the temple stands as the centre of all religious
rituals carried out by the people of Tengger.
her husband, Joko Seger, their destination Mt building of edelweiss tourism villages outside
Bromo. With them came a number of loyal of the forest, where travellers are allowed to
followers, and a new community grew, which pick the flower, identified by its Latin name
they named ‘Tengger’, a combination of both Anaphalis javanica.
of their surnames. It later became the only
5 Senses – Sight remaining Hindu community in the eastern The Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
PUNCAK B29 region of Java. may not be the largest national park in the
Indonesian archipelago, but geographically
We walked the caldera, all the way to the foot its area encompasses several districts within
of Mt Bromo where the lonesome Luhur Poten the East Java administrative region. The
Located south-east of Mt Bromo, Temple stands. On Hindu holy days, the temple 50,276-hectare park covers four neighbouring
on the border of the Lumajang and stands as the centre of all religious rituals carried districts, namely Pasuruan, Malang, Lumajang
Probolinggo districts, the area is out by the people of Tengger, one of them and Probolinggo, and approximately 15
a new favourite for travellers seeking being the Yadnya Kasada. mountains, the most famous of which are
breathtaking sunrise views. Many Mt Bromo and Mt Semeru.
believe Puncak B29 (B29 Summit) “The Yadnya Kasada ritual is held to
is positioned even higher than commemorate Raden Kusuma, son of Roro My meeting with Kuswan led to us spending
Penanjakan I. The site took its name Anteng and Joko Seger, who sacrificed himself the afternoon at his family’s field. Most Tengger
from songkolikur, or ‘29’ in the local to allow the life of the Tengger people to residents, especially those in the Sukapura
dialect, which residents of Tengger continue,” said Kuswan, who sells edelweiss sub-district, work as horticulture farmers, who
believe to be based on the 25 elements flowers on the stairs leading up to the tip of benefit from the area’s fertile volcanic soil. Their
of the human character and four the Bromo crater. He operates daily, carrying fields produce a bountiful harvest. “We used to
purposes of life. The access to Puncak several bouquets of edelweiss and bringing along have to go down to Probolinggo to sell our
B29 is relatively easy thanks to the a white horse to offer to visitors. “This flower, produce come harvest; now many come to us
available transportation and proper we call it Tana Layu, because it’s everlasting, directly, sometimes all the way from Pasuruan
roads, sparing tourists the trek. This it doesn’t wither,” he said. and Surabaya,” one farmer told me.
area can be reached from Lumajang,
Probolinggo and Malang. The edelweiss on Bromo is protected by law, The next morning, Nico and I woke at 2.30am
although Tengger residents are given an to make our way to Penanjakan. The jeep we
Berada di sebelah tenggara exception and are allowed to use them during had ordered the previous day arrived and, once
Gunung Bromo pada tapal batas religious rituals. The local national park settled with our fellow passengers, I realised
antara Kabupaten Lumajang dan organisation has also recently proposed the I was the only Indonesian in the vehicle!
Probolinggo, lokasi ini mulai menjadi
idaman baru bagi para travellers.
Daya tarik utamanya yakni 1 2
pemandangan matahari terbit.
Puncak B29 dipercaya bahkan lebih
tinggi dari Penanjakan I. Nama B29,
konon, berasal dari sebutan warga
setempat “Songolikur” yang dalam
bahasa Indonesia berarti ‘29’. Menurut
keyakinan masyarakat Tengger, angka
ini diambil dari 25 unsur sifat manusia
dan 4 tujuan hidup manusia.
Akses menuju Puncak B29 terbilang
mudah dengan kendaraan dan aspal
yang baik, tanpa perlu trekking.
Bisa dicapai dari Kota Lumajang,
Probolinggo dan Malang.
1 Traditional Tenggerian offering of flowers and
aromatic sticks in Bromo volcano.
2 View from Penanjakan II.
