Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park, Indonesia

Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park or "Taman Mini Indonesia Indah" is a culture-based recreational area located in East Jakarta, Indonesia. It has an area of about 250 acres (1.0 km²). 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 ofIndonesian 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.

Since 2007 Taman Mini Indonesia Indah launched new logo with branding slogan Pesona Indonesia ("Indonesian Charm").

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.

The religious buildings of several official faiths is meant to showcase the inter-faiths tolerance and religious harmony of Indonesia. Some of the religious buildings are:

Pangeran Diponegoro Mosque

Haleluya Protestant church

Kelenteng Kong Miao

There are fourteen museums at TMII. Some of them are:

 Museum Minyak dan Gas Bumi

 

Museum Purna Bhakti Pertiwi

Museum Olahraga

There are about ten gardens spread within TMII complex, but most are located primarily on the north and northeast side of the main lake:

Bird Park

Reptile Park

Fresh Water Aquarium

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.

Posted by: Muhammad Hazwan Bin Haji Zulkifli