Devotees gather every year for the ritual that comes from the depths of the ages
Thousands of Hindus they climbed last Sunday to the top of the active of Bromo volcano in East Java, Indonesia, to take part in a ritual which has lasted for centuries and is intended to appease the “giant” who sleeps in the bowels of the earth.
Thousands of devotees gather every year in the crater of the smoking crater and they throw in animals, food and other offerings, a ritual that comes from the depths of the centuries and is found in almost all ancient cultures.
It is the way of people throughout the centuries to appease the forces of nature that threaten their culture, their community and their existence.
Thousands of faithful Hindus climbed an active Indonesian volcano, Bromo, to throw cattle, food and other offerings into its smoking crater, during a centuries-old religious ceremony #AFP pic.twitter.com/vQ3CHtZV4h
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) June 5, 2023
Bromo is an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia and one of the most popular tourist destinations. At the mouth of the crater, there is an idol of Ganesha, the Hindu god of wisdom worshiped by Javanese Hindus.
Source :Skai
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