Kasada
/kaˈsada/noun
Kasada is an annual Tenggerese Hindu festival in Indonesia during which offerings are presented at Mount Bromo.
Did you know?The festival’s offerings are thrown into Mount Bromo’s crater, while some participants descend into the dangerous caldera to catch them as blessings.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Āṣāḍha
“The name of a traditional lunar month, associated with the monsoon season.”
Medieval Javanese
Old Javanese
Āṣāḍha / Sada
“A calendrical month-name adapted into Javanese religious and agricultural timekeeping.”
Tenggerese tradition
Tenggerese
Kasada
“The name of the tenth month in the Tengger calendar and the period associated with its major offering ceremony.”
19th–20th Century
Indonesian
Yadnya Kasada
“A Hindu offering ritual of the Tenggerese people, held at Mount Bromo.”
Modern English
English
Kasada
“The festival commonly known in English as the Kasada or Yadnya Kasada ceremony.”