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Worshippers Sacrifice Goods to Volcano's Crater
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In Indonesia's Kasada ceremony, Hindu worshippers throw offerings into a volcano's crater. Local villagers come to collect what they can.
Tenggerese Hindu worshippers bring a goat to be blessed by a Hindu shaman at Widodaren cave as part of the Tenggerese Hindu Yadnya Kasada festival in East Java, Indonesia, on July 20, 2016.
The Kasada ceremony is a way for Tengger Hindus to express their gratitude to the gods for good fortune and a good harvest.
Worshippers climb Mount Bromo early in the morning and throw offerings into the volcano's crater. The offerings include vegetables, fruit, livestock, money and other valuables.
Tengger tribe prays during the Yadnya Kasada festival, on the crater of Mount Bromo in Probolinggo on July 21. During the annual Yadnya Kasada festival the Tenggerese climb seek the blessing from the main deity Hyang Widi Wasa by presenting offerings of rice, fruit, livestock and other local produce.