Mount Merapi And Its Mythology

The majesty of the 2,930-meter-high mountain is illustrated by a series of volcanoes and hot clouds nicknamed 'Vedus Gamble'. Merapi has long been a sacred hill. Merapi is believed to be directly connected to the Tugu-Pal Puti, Yogakarta Palace, Pangung Krapiak, and Parnkusumo on the south coast. That is why the bond between Javanese and Mount Merapi is so strong.

To understand the myth of Mount Merapi, Merapi has two elements that need to be known. At first the world is alike. Second, before the world. Jagat Alit has been described as the process of beginning and ending human life with the Creator. Meanwhile, the world is already thought to be a relationship that breaks life into peer communities in order to achieve the fullness of life.

Moreover, Bambang Widiatmoko quotes in his article in the dossier titled his poem Imaji Merapi (2012), it is revealed that the people living on the slopes of the mountain have their natural environment and their life as macrocosm (world aging). Mount Merapi then acts as a natural environment and a microcosm.

Mutual relations are what make the people on the slopes of Mount Merapi rich in local knowledge. It is like a form of culture that manages daily life with a belief system.

"If the question arises, why is it difficult for the inhabitants of the Merapi slope to leave their area explosively (eruption) or elusive (flow) with the Mount Merapi catastrophe? The answer, of course, is a strong emotional bond. Existence, "added Bambang Vidyatomoko.

In a sense, the locals think they are part of Mount Merapi, and vice versa. Mount Merapi has become a part of his daily life. Through this relationship, they could read the sign when Mount Merapi would endanger their lives, even before the recommendation to step down from the government.