Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

The National Park Bromo - Tengger - Semeru is located on the island of Java, in Indonesia's East Java Province, and exists since 1982. The middle part of the name refers to the here living people of Tengger. The National Park include the 3676 m high stratovolcano Semeru, the highest mountain on the island, as well as four lying in the Tengger Caldera volcanoes, the most famous of the Bromo is. The caldera is filled by the Tengger Sand Sea ( According Pasir Tengger ). Four lakes and about 50 rivers lie on the terrain. Already since 1919, is the sea of ​​sand under special protection.

Flora and Fauna

The park is home to 137 bird species, including the junglefowl, the rhinoceros bird and the Brahminy Kite. Among the 22 species of mammals include the marble cat, Long-tailed Macaque, Leopard and Dhole. There is a very diverse flora that. Among other things, such as beech and mulberry plants, Sterculiaceae, Casuarina junghuhniana and 200 species of endemic orchids

Culture

The area in the park and all around is inhabited by Tengger. The people of this group represent significant Hindu communities on the island of Java. It includes features, which are comparable to the Bali, but include more animist elements. It is believed that the Tengger population is due to descendants of the Majapahit Empire, which retreated to the mountains Pulau Maduras before the arrival of Islam in the region.

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