When the gods still down to earth, the Majapahit kingdom suffered attacks from various regions. Residents confused search for the evacuation, as well as with the gods. At that moment, the gods began to go into a place, around Mount Bromo.

Mount Bromo is still quiet, straight white fog. The gods who came to places around Mount Bromo, dwells on the slopes of Mount Pananjakan. That was where the sunrise can be seen from the east and sets in the west.

Around Mount Pananjakan, where the gods reside, there is also a recluse. These hermits work every day just to worship and meditation. Once upon a happy day, the wife gave birth to a son. His face was handsome, bright light, and a child born of a holy incarnation of the soul. Since birth, the child health and showed remarkable strength. When he was born, the child is already able to hermit shouted. Very tight fist, kicking his legs were strong and not like other children. Babies have name Joko Seger, which means Joko healthy and strong.

In places around Mount Pananjakan, at that time a girl was born from a god incarnation. Her face was beautiful and elegant. He was the only one of the most beautiful child in the place. When born, the child does not as the baby is born. He was silent, did not cry when I first sniffed the air. The baby was so calm, was born without a cry from his mother’s womb. Therefore, by his parents the baby was name Rara Anteng.

From day to day, Rara Anteng body grows. Beauty lines her face clear. Rara Anteng is famous to various places. Many sons of the king proposed. However, the proposal was reject, because Rara Anteng has captivated his heart to Joko Seger.

One day Rara Anteng proposes by a famous pirate and powerful magic. Plow is very wicked famous. Rara Anteng famous fine not dare refuse his feelings just a magic to the applicant. Therefore, he asked that made the ocean in the middle of the mountain. With a strange request, the applicant considers that the magic would not meet his request. Request that the ocean must be making within one night, which begins at sunset until the end when the sun rises. Be able to Rara Anteng’request.

Applicants had to start doing magic sea by means of a shell (coconut shell) and the job was almost finished. Given this, the heart Rara anteng getting restless. Plow did how to thwart the sea it? Rara Anteng contemplating his fate, he could not live who are not married to his beloved. Then he tried to calm himself.  Sunrise suddenly intended to thwart the work.

Rara Anteng began to pound rice in the middle of the night. Slowly the collision and friction sound pestle chickens wake the sleeping. Chicken crow started shouted, as if dawn had arrived, but the villagers had not started with the morning activities.

Plow hears chickens crowing, but the east the white thread has not been see. Means dawn came before his time. After that, he pondered the bad luck. Shell (Batok coconuts) used as a tool to dredge the sand was thrown and fell face down on the side of Mount Bromo and turned into a mountain called Mount Batok.

Plow to the failure to make the ocean in the middle of Mount Bromo, Rara Anteng is very happy. She continued his relationship with his boyfriend, Joko Seger. Rara Anteng and Joko Seger as married are happier, because they both love each other.

Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger build settlements and then ruled the Tengger region called the “Purbowasesa Mangkurat Ing Tengger”, meaning “Lord of the Wise in Tengger“. Tengger names take from the final syllable Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger name. The Tengger word also means Tenggering Budi Luhur or high moral recognition, symbol of eternal peace.

From time to time the Tengger people prosperous and peaceful life, but the authorities did not feel happy, because after a while the couple Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger household not also blessed with offspring. Then were decide to ascend to the top of Bromo Mountain to meditate with confidence to the Almighty to bounty descent.

Suddenly there are voices saying that magic meditation, they will be grant but on condition that when it becomes a descent, the youngest child to be sacrificed to the crater of Mount Bromo. The couple Roro Anteng and Jaka Seger be able and then the acquisition of 25 sons and daughters, but the instincts of people parents cannot bear to keep losing sons and daughters. Rara Anteng and Jaka Seger broken a promise, God became angry at plagues threaten to impose, then there becomes a state tempests dark crater of Mount Bromo flames.

Kesuma the youngest son disappeared from sight and fire licked into the crater Bromo, the same loss of voice Kesuma Unseen: “Dearly beloved, I have been sacrificed by our parents and Hyang Widi save you all. Live a peaceful and serene, Hyang Widi worship. I remind you that you each month KASADA on the 14th day of the offerings made to Hyang Widi in the crater of Mount Bromo”. This habit hereditary followed by Tengger people and each year a ceremony was held at the potential KASADA on sea sand and crater of Mount Bromo.

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