Story Telling: The Legend of Bromo
Story Telling: The Legend of Bromo
Story Telling: The Legend of Bromo
A long time ago, Majapahit was attacked by Islam Kingdom. The king and his followers,
moved to Bali and East Java. The king’s daughter (Roro Anteng) and her husband (Joko Seger)
also evacuated to Mount Bromo in Java. They ruled the region and named the village “Tengger”.
Teng from Anteng and Ger from Seger.
After many years, roro anteng and joko seger was unhappy because they had no children.
Then, Joko Seger climbed the volcano. He mediated and prayed to God.
God heared the prayer. God will gave them children, but Joko Seger and roro anteng
must sacrifice their last child. After that, roro anteng got pregnant and they have a baby.
After many years, they had 25 children. Joko Seger and roro anteng was very happy. The
family lived with a full of love and happiness. But, then joko seger remembered about
conversation among him and God. He must sacrifice the last child.
Joko seger and roro anteng loved the last child so much. It was hard. They planned to
break the agreement with God. They didn’t keep their promises.
Suddenly, Bromo was shake and Kusuma was lost. He swallowed to crater of the
mountain. Then, a voice says that the family must do sacrifice to save their life. After that,
Kusuma’s brothers and sisters always do sacrifice and named it “Kasada”. Kasada is still held
until now.