Archive for April, 2010
in the night of the 14th Month Kasada adherents of Hinduism Tenggerese (Mahayana Buddhism by Hindus Parisada East Java) in droves to the top of Mount Bromo, by bringing ongkek containing offerings of various agricultural products, livestock, etc., and then thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo as offerings to the god he believed Bromo dwells on Mount Bromo. These sacrifices begged Tenggerese get blessings and salvation given by the Almighty.
Kasada beginning with the inaugural ceremony of Tengger elders and ballet performances Rara Anteng Jaka Seger in an open stage Ngadisari Village. Then promptly at 24.00 in the morning held the inauguration of the shaman and the blessing of the congregation of Mount Bromo potent sea of sand. Shaman for Tenggerese is a leader in the field of religious people, who usually led the ritual ceremonies as weddings. Before inaugurated the shaman must pass an exam in a way to memorize and recite mantras.
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Mount Bromo (2329 m above sea level), is one of the mountain from several other mountains that lie in the complex area of Tengger Mountains, standing at an area Caldera 8-10 km diameter caldera wall surrounded the sea of sand is very steep with a slope of 60-80 Â ± higher degrees and ranges between 200-600 meters. The attraction is the special Bromo crater in the middle of the crater with a vast sea of sand that stretched around the crater of Bromo which is still visible puff of white smoke at any time, indicate this is still an active volcano.
According to the history of the formation of Mount Bromo and sea of sand originated from the two mountains are mutually coincident with each other. Tengger Mountain (4000 m above sea level) which represents the largest and highest mountain at that time. Then a small eruption, volcanic material thrown to the southeast to form a large and deep valley to the village kerep cow. Violent eruptions later created a caldera with a diameter of more than eight kilometers. Because inside the caldera, the volcanic eruption of advanced materials piled in and is now a sea of sand and is assumed to old times never filled by water and then continued activity is the emergence of the middle aisle caldera magma so that it appears the mountain – a new mountain, among others, sea sand, Widodaren Mountain, Mount watangan, Kursi Mount, Mount Batok and Mount Bromo. Read the rest of this entry »
Nusa barung (or barong) is a small island located south of Java Island. The island is located in Jember regency, East Java.
This island is one of Indonesia’s outer islands located in the Indian Ocean and is bordered by the state of Australia. Barung Island is part of a regional district of Jember, East Java province, Indonesia. The island is located on the south side of East Java with coordinates 8 ° 28′29 “latitude, 113 ° 19′40″ E
Nusa barung is a nature reserve since 1920. In this island can be found in many species of birds, insects, and plants. Principal function of this nature reserve is as protection for the ebony leaf monkey (Trachypithecus auratus), which is threatened with extinction. One threat to this wildlife sanctuary is logging illegally.
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Rafting or whitewater rafting is an activity that requires physical and mental abilities due to natural challenge. Of course there are aspects of recreational sport this challenge because of the location of rafting is usually located in areas that are still green and beautiful. You can enjoy the scenery and calm atmosphere. To be sure, rafting activities make the participants become fresh and full of joy.
Malang Kasembon rafting has become a popular end of year 2006. Although relatively new as a venue for rafting, but the supporting facilities at the rafting place was already pretty good. Located in the village Bayem Kasembon Malang District, which used the river is the river with a length Sumberdandang path to where rafting is 7.5 km or for beginners Rafter can be reached about two hours. Read the rest of this entry »
the fact smoking is one of the main causes of a number of serious and fatal diseases. especially heart disease, lung cancer, chronic bronchitis and emsifema. they do not realize that since the first cigarette lit, the risk for their own health. especially for the younger generation has a different meaning that smoking is more dangerous, because it can bring in greater danger, namely the dangers of narcotics.
here are some risks of smoking for health:
- More and more young people smoke, the more likely to suffer from lung cancer, if smoking continues until age 40.
- Those who started drug cigarette at age less than 15 years had a risk of lung cancer in the future. 4-18 times higher than those not pernag smoking. is when the habit starts above the age of 25 years, the risk was only 2-5 times higher. in other words, lung cancer may arise after a person addicted to cigarettes during the 1 5-20 years. since this disease usually appears at age over 40 years. Read the rest of this entry »