Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) or "Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park" (literally translated) is a culture-based recreational area located in East Jakarta,
Indonesia. It has an area of about 250 acres (1.0 km
2). The park is a synopsis of Indonesian culture, with virtually all aspects of daily life in Indonesia's 26 (in 1975) provinces encapsulated in separate pavilions with the collections of Indonesian architecture,
clothing, dances and traditions are all depicted impeccably. Apart from
that, there is a lake with a miniature of the archipelago in the middle
of it, cable cars, museums, Keong Emas Imax cinema, a theater called
the Theatre of My Homeland (
Theater Tanah Airku) and other recreational facilities which make TMII one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city.
*History
The idea of presenting Indonesia in a small scale was conceived by former Indonesian first lady, Siti Hartinah, better known as Tien Suharto.
It came about at a convention on 8 Cendana Street at March 13, 1970.
Through this recreational site, she hoped to cultivate national pride in
more Indonesian people.
A project called "Indonesian Miniature Project" was started by Harapan
Kita Foundation in 1972. The concept of this culture-based recreational
area was inspired by Indonesia's unparalled natural riches and local
folk diversity.
*Characteristics
TMII was originally located on a public area of 145 ha, as farms and
fields. Later, the team was able to convert these fields into a suitable
location for the construction. The topography
of TMII is rather hilly, consistent with what the builders required.
The team claimed the advantage of utilizing this uneven terrain was the
ability to create interesting and diverse landscapes and enclosures, as
well as reflecting the various characteristics of the Indonesian
environment.
Mascot of TMII
*Venues of Indonesian Provinces
Since each Indonesian province maintains its own unique and distinct
cultures, shelters, attire and dialects, TMII built a model of each of
the houses from Indonesian provinces. TMII attempted not only to
reconstruct the homes of the various provinces, but also to create a
realistic model of the environment and shelters of the various people of
Indonesia.
The venues, which are situated around the main lake in a similar fashion to the different islands of the Indonesian archipelago, are thematically divided into six areas in respect to the main islands of Indonesia; Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku and Papua. Each pavilions featured in typical vernacular Indonesian architecture of each provinces. Examples of Indonesian traditional vernacular houses are: Joglo and Omah Kudus Javanese houses of Central Java and Yogyakarta pavilion; Minang Rumah Gadang of West Sumatra pavilion; Malay houses of Jambi and Riau provinces; Torajan Tongkonan and Bugis house of South Sulawesi pavilion; and Balinese house compound with intricately carved Candi Bentar split gate and Kori Agung gate.
It also displays various traditional costumes, wedding costumes,
dance costumes, also ethnography artifacts such as weapons and daily
tools, models of traditional architecture are in display to describes
the way of life of its people. Each provinces pavilions also equipped
with small stage, amphitheatre or auditorium for traditional dance
performances, traditional music performances or traditional ceremonies
that usually held in Sundays. Some of these pavilions also equipped with
cafeterias featuring traditional Indonesian cuisines and also souvenir shops offering various handicrafts, t-shirts and souvenirs.
Since 1975 until 2000s, the original design of TMII consist of a
model of the houses from the 27 provinces of Indonesia, including East Timor.
But after the secession of East Timor from Indonesia in 2002, the East
Timor pavilion changed its status to become the Museum of East Timor.
Also since Indonesia now consist of 33 provinces, currently the new province pavilions of Bangka Belitung, Banten, West Sulawesi, North Maluku, Gorontalo, and West Papua is being built in northeast part of the park.
After the recognition of Indonesian Chinese culture as the integral part of Indonesian culture in 2000, the new Indonesian Chinese pavilion and a Confucian temple was built within the park.
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