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A padi field in Jogjakarta with Merapi mountain as background. Unfortunately the mountain was covered by cloud.
View of Merapi volcano from the North. The night before the climb. The weather is clearing up, it's looking good.
Taman Nasional Gunung Merapi, Indonesia.
Gunung Merapi National Park.
[Kabupaten-kabupaten Magelang, Boyolali dan Klaten di Jawa Tengah, serta Sleman di Yogyakarta].
Moving on ...
Sand mining seems to be the principle activity. The so-called Merapi Lava Tour by the operators of the jeep tour community. The trip is simply a 4WD adventure.
Taman Nasional Gunung Merap - in 2004 an area of 6,410 hectares around Mount Merapi was established as a national park. The decision of the Ministry of Forestry to declare the park has been subsequently challenged in court by The Indonesian Forum for Environment, on grounds of lack of consultation with local residents. Following the 2010 eruption, three Indonesian government departments declared a prohibited zone which nobody can permanently stay and no infrastructure is allowed in several villages.
Ref. and suggested reading:
at my sister's house ...... is more than 30 km from Mt Merapi
~ We are all pencils in the hand of God ~........Mother Teresa
Merapi Golf & Country Club, At the foot of the recently burst Merapi Mountain. Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke as seen from Deles village in Klaten, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta
Gunung Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the large Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) above sea level.
Others believe that the volcano is guarded by spirits, whose names vary from one region to another. On the northern slopes of Merapi, for example, Mbah Petruk is the guardian. In the south, the guardian spirit is Kyai Sapujagad, who was believed to have been sent by Panembahan Senopati to guard Merapi.
Panembahan Senopati was the founder and first king of the Mataram Kingdom, which ruled Yogyakarta from the 16th century.
Other spirits are believed to live in or guard the volcano. These include Nyai Kendit and Dewi Gadung Melati.
The rituals for worshiping Merapi or the spirits, therefore, also vary from one place to another. In Selo, Boyolali, Central Java, for example, villagers hold the Sega Gunung ritual to worship Mbah Petruk.
Others do so through ordinary tumpengan rituals, during which ceremonial dishes of tumpeng (cone-shaped yellow rice), are presented and served.