They live around, and worship, a mountain known as Another characteristic of animistic tradition in Indonesia is the worship of naturally significant sites. Mountains are a good example of this tradition. In Indonesia there are many volcanoes.In ancient times, these “living” mountains were thought be alive with divine power, and so needed to be worshiped to mitigate their destructive aspects.When Hinduism came to Java and other parts of Indonesia by around the 5th century CE, Indian notions of mountains as abodes of gods could thus be transferred to the Indonesian context.One example of people who still live with this worldview are the Tenggerese people of eastern Java. Bromo (from Sanskrit “Brahma”).In Hindu mythology, Shiva was especially regarded as a god of the mountains.However, in India even other deities, particularly the Goddess (Devi), can be worshiped at mountain shrines.Around 90,000 Tenggerese continue to identify as Hindu, and so they also worship Mount Bromo in Java as a divine entity. This is similar to the religion of the island of Bali, which has also remained Hindu. Their rituals of worship were more widespread when Hinduism was prevalent throughout Java, until Islam became dominant in the 16th century CE.