Kasada Ceremony: Tenggerese Thanksgiving

Bromo has a remarkable natural panorama. It will never run out of our admiration by the beautiful natural scenery. Mount Bromo derived from Sanskrit, meaning god Brahma, or a major, Mount Bromo is a mountain that is still active and the object of the most famous tourism in East Java. Bromo mountain has a height 2400 meters above sea level.

In addition Tenggerese also has appeal because of their remarkable is clinging to the customs and culture that guide his life. Tenggerese supposedly are the descendants of Roro Anteng (daughter of the King of Majapahit) and Joko Seger (son of Brahmana).

Since the time of Majapahit was said that they inhabited areas are sacred places, because they are considered servants of Majapahit Kingdom. Until now, they still adhered to Hindu religion, the Tengger people annually yadnya KASADA ceremony. The ceremony is located in a temple which is under the foot of Mount Bromo. And after that proceed to the top of Mount Bromo. Ceremony performed at midnight until the early hours every full moon in the month of Javanese calendar according Kasodo.

Origin legends KASADA Ceremony

According to the story, the origin of the ceremony occurred KASADA few centuries ago. In Brawijaya Dynasty reign of Majapahit Kingdom. The empress was blessed with a daughter named Roro anteng, after the late princess had grown a young couple from brahma caste named Joko Seger.

At the time of Majapahit into decline and simultaneously began the spread of Islam in Java, some mandarins and some relatives decided to move to the east, and partially towards the Tengger Mountains region including Rara anteng couples and Jaka Seger.

Couple Rara anteng and Jaka Seger build settlements and then ruled the region called the Tengger Purbowasesa kurat Ing Tengger, meaning "Lord of the Tengger Budiman". The name is taken from the final perch syllables anteng Rara name and Jaka Seger.

The word also means tenggering perched nobility 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 and Jake Rara Tengger anteng berumahtangga not also blessed with offspring. Then was decided to ascend to the top of Mount Bromo to meditate with full faith in the Almighty so blessed with offspring.

Suddenly there are voices saying that magic meditation, they will be granted but on condition that when you've got offspring, the youngest child to be sacrificed to the crater of Mount Bromo. Couple Roro and Jaka Seger anteng menyanggupinya and then acquired 25 sons and daughters, but the instincts of parents still can not bear losing her son and daughter. Short Rara couples and Jaka Seger anteng broken a promise, God became angry with threatening to inflict evil, then there becomes a state tempests dark crater of Mount Bromo flames.

Kesuma 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 ocean of sand and crater of Mount Bromo.

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Ryan: "Calm Butcher" from Jombang

 
JOMBANG became a most wanted roumor (again). Not anymore because Gus Dur (5th Indonesian President), Cak Nun or Asmuni (Comedian), national leaders from cities in East Java, but because Ryan, a young psychopath who has successfully eliminate at least 11 human lives - that's the number of victims who have been exposed while.

Certainly not easy to be a killer. It takes courage (or recklessness) and mentally strong, especially when it is done with a plan, under the consciousness of mind, and many times too. Humans as whether such a strong heart, to bear all the bad dreams after the death of another human being take by force?

Face of the psychopath, Ryan Jombang's psychiatric examination result concluded there was no sign of severe mental disorders at Ryan. He's not crazy, still sane and understands all of his actions. Ryan only be called psychopathic, personality is very sensitive, irritable, impulsive and aggressive. That is the theory of psychiatry makes it easy young man to attack when angry and offended. Except that, whether related or not with the cruel behavior, Ryan was known to have problems sesksual orientation, namely homosexual, and usually acts as a woman in touch with fellow kind.

In the case of "quality" of crime, can be seen growing on the gravity of the misconduct Ryan "advanced". From the beginning to kill because they must, then kill the plan because the motive of money, then killed by cause hurt feelings, then killed with a very nasty: mutilation, chopping the body into several parts. I wonder what happens when this deviant act more slowly known. Ryan's home page in Jombang would really be a graveyard.

Her face was calm, perhaps in line with the demeanor. Ryan really did not look like a murderer. In the tape on television, saw his style walk and move the body, this young man away from the impression that even criminals. Nothing compared to the current butchers label attached to him.

I was still hard to imagine the mood of someone who has killed another person. The executor on death row who have supplied weapons he never knew, what weapon he was holding a real loaded or empty, in order to free the executor of guilt had been killed - although it was committed in the name of the law.

Soldiers returning from war trauma is often long, not necessarily by his own actions to kill the enemy, more often just because they saw his ruthless.

One day, in a deep sleep for long day of work, I dreamed involved in exciting fights. Exciting. Until, short stories, my opponent in the dream, which I myself never knew who he was and whether she is in real life, had been murdered. In the middle of a quiet night, I woke up, panting with the breath of exhaustion, like the fight had just occurred and true. For days I was haunted by the trauma of that dream. Imagine the bloody hands and eyes so sick of people dying. In fact, just a dream.


Ryan murder victim's body was evacuated from the grave at his parents' home pages.

If you  like reading relatively novel set tale of murder, by setting the story complex and exciting, full of bad scenarios that do not know how wild the writer can imagine it, or watching movies drama recounts the events that the mystery of death, which throughout the story makes the heart beat -pounding, full of surprises and unpredictability.

All that experience is still not enough to make us a strong heart to read the play-style serial killer Ryan Jombang, who buried some of his victims into a single stacked next to a septic tank, burying some of the others on either side of her parents' house, and allegedly is still there several more victims who have not been found. What a powerful and complex young man's psyche when he was the sole perpetrator, executor dying pickup business conqueror of death.

Seeing the way he killed and tools used: hammer, a ball of concrete, steel rod, the wood beams that struck the back of the head of his victim, cruelty Ryan was not really random. Among fellow killer may have an advanced class killer, killer in the upper level of the prison environment would be feared - if he's lucky this did not immediately put to death. 


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Gigantic Mudflows in Sidoarjo, East Java: End? no idea!

Sidoarjo mud flow or Lapindo mud or mud in Sidoarjo (Louise), is the outburst events of hot mud   at the site of PT Lapindo Brantas drilling in Renokenongo Village, Porong district, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, since May 27, 2006. Blast of hot mud for several months causing sink of settlements, agriculture, and industry in the three districts in the vicinity, and to influence economic activity in East Java.
Sidoarjo mud flow or Lapindo mud or mud in Sidoarjo (Lusi), is the hot mud events at the site of PT Lapindo Brantas drilling in Renokenongo Village, Porong district, Sidoarjo regency, East Java, since May 27, 2006. Blast of hot mud for several months causing tergenangnya settlements, agriculture, and industry in the three districts in the vicinity, and to influence economic activity in East Java.

Mudflow termination scenario

There are those who say this mudflow could be stopped, with some scenarios below, but the assumption could surge halted until the year 2009 did not work at all, which defines this surge is a phenomenon of nature. The first scenario, stop the flood of mud by using the well snubbing unit at Banjar Panji-1. Snubbing unit is a hydraulic system powered devices are generally used for well-intervention work & Workover (doing a job into an existing wells). Snubbing unit is used to achieve a series of drills weighing 25 tons and 400 meters long is left on the early drilling. It is expected that when the drill is found then it can be pushed into the well (9297 feet) and then injected into the well covered with cement and mud weight. However, this scenario a total failure. Drill sequence is found at depths of 2991 feet but failed snubbing units pushed into the bottom of the well.

The second scenario is done by drilling sideways (sidetracking) drill bit to avoid the left. Drilling carried out by using the rig owned by PT Pertamina (Persero). This second scenario also fails because the damage has been found in some depth the veil between 1060-1500 feet, and the lateral movement of the drilling location BJP-1. Conditions that complicate the implementation of sidetracking. Also appeared bubbles in natural gas drilling locations feared endangering the safety of workers, the height of the dike around the drilling location has been more than 15 feet from the ground so that no longer worthy to be exalted. Therefore, Lapindo Brantas carry out permanent closure of BJP-1 well.

The third scenario, at this stage, the extinction of mud made by first making three new wells (relief well). Three locations are: First, about 500 meters southwest of the Well Banjar Panji-1. Second, about 500 meters west northwest of Banjar Panji 1 well. Third, approximately north-east of the Well Banjar Panji-1. Until now, this scenario is still running.

All three scenarios depart from the hypothesis that the mud came from a crack in the wall of the well Banjar Panji-1. And there is another hypothesis, that is happening is a phenomenon of the mountain of mud (mud volcano), as in bramara Kuwu in Purwodadi, Central Java. Until now, continue to spew Kuwu bramara slab to form a swamp.

Rudi Rubiandini, First Team member, said that the mountain of mud can only be resisted by operating four or five relief well at the same time. All the wells are used to surround the cracks where the mud out. This job barriers and time-consuming expensive. For example, a rig (drilling rigs) operating costs below USD 95 billion needed. Costs can swell due to contractors and drilling equipment rental charges are usually more expensive in dangerous territory. At least five wells will need USD 475 billion. We have had trouble getting the unemployed rig amid soaring oil prices.

Dwi Rovicky Putrohari, an independent geologist, wrote that the location of wells Porong-1, seven miles east of Banjar Panji-1, there were signs that show geological mudflow in ancient times, so his analysis. Rovicky noted a worrying thing: in Porong mudflow stopped within the period of tens to hundreds of years.

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Ponari and The Magic-Lightning-Rock Healer

Ponari, a boy from Jombang suddenly became popular after he was struck by lightning. After the events that almost claimed his life, many people who believe this kid could cure all disease.

Child pairs Kasim (40) and Mukaromah (28), citizen Kedungsari Hamlet, Village Balongsari, Megaluh District, Jombang, in mid January 2009 and with their peers playing the rain. However, he suddenly felt his head as his fistful stoned, when lightning struck.

He woke up, found the stone like chicken eggs under his feet. When taken, the stone was pulled out reddish light. After that, the stone is brought home by him.

Long interval, suddenly the boy's house was always flooded with people from all over Java Timmur who want medical treatment to cure the disease. Unfortunately, no one knew, who told Ponari alternative medical practice that. Also, not clear all, who first treated by Ponari, so that the illness could be cured.

There's the story behind the mystical "lightning stones" Ponari. It is said that this stone is a relic of Ki Ageng Selo, Legend character who is said to catch lightning. Another story that is the two creatures "spirits" in these lightning stones called RONO and Rani who will join with Ponari. Two beings spirits that supposedly helps Ponari to heal people. And even more annoying and does not make sense anymore ... when Ponari leave from practice, because of the falling victim, many prospective patients who Ponari taking water from a well that is believed to have Ponari advice and blessings. Even the water drain behind the shaman's house was also not spared the onslaught of patients believed to bring blessings for

News about Ponari burst fills the news in the media. Ponari very phenomenon. Many praised by the destitute who have no property to be treated.It issued   that Ponari already gained total 1 billion rupiah from the practice. Grade 3 elementary school boy has become a new icon in the world of shamanism. Defeated the senior ones. Because traditional connotation usually less convenient, more comfortable being called paranormal or alternative medicine experts. 

Ponari now busy with activities to help people to treat disease. Although until now I have never read or saw testimony from patients about the disease after recovery handled by the shaman was little. A few days ago Kak Seto who is chairman of KPAI (Indonesian Child Protection Commission), visited the residence Ponari, seeing indications of exploitation of children carried out by Ponari family. Ponari initially willing to go back to school and will not open his shamanism practice again, but a promise was broken . 

Reported on TV that Ponari shaman reopen his practice in support of hundreds of residents in the surrounding apartments. But with the new provisions: only serves 5000 patients per day. This means that, if the 5000 quota was fulfilled a day, then the next patient is not being served the next day. With reason to avoid congestion that can lead to patients falling victim again. When to image how a business turnover Ponari practice, then it is roughly calculated, for example at least give an indication of patient services Rp. 5000, is in her 1-day turnover USD. 5000 x 5000 (patients) = Rp. 25.000.000/hari or Rp. 750,000,000 per month!! if there is ngasih more than Rp. 5000, it is not impossible turnover would be 1 billion per month, the salary is comparable to the General Manager's Top 10 Governement Company in Indonesia.

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