EAST JAVA, Indonesia (ANN/THE STAR) – Thousands of Hindu worshippers scaled an active Indonesian volcano to toss livestock, food and other offerings into its smoking crater in a centuries-old religious ceremony. Swarming the thin rim around the basin of Mount Bromo, devotees heaved goats, chickens and vegetables slung across their backs up to the dusty […]
Thousands of Hindu devotees climbed Mount Bromo on Monday to participate in a centuries-old religious ritual in which they throw animals, food, and other sacrifices into the smoking crater as part of the annual Yadnya Kasada festival
Swarming the thin rim around the basin of Mount Bromo, devotees heaved goats, chickens and vegetables slung across their backs up to the dusty peak as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival.
For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, villages in a region of Indonesia have been allowed to resume throwing ritual offerings to the gods into an active volcano.