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| The main gate of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. |
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, abbreviated as TMII, is a culture-based recreational site in East Jakarta. It covers an area of about 250 acres (1.0 km2). TMII lies at geographical coordinates of -6 ° 18'6.8'' L, 106° 53'47.2'' E.
As Indonesia in miniature park, TMII attempts at displaying the culture of Indonesia from all provinces in separate pavilions depicting all aspect of daily life. Since every ethnic has different shape and style, even more than one type of traditional building reflecting respective environment and culture, TMII presents provincial pavilions to represent all ethnic groups in 33 provinces.
Provincial pavilion is built around a lake with a miniature of the Indonesian archipelago in the middle, thematically divided into six zones; Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali and Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua. Each pavilion featuring typical local building.Thus, the bulk of the facilities at TMII is made up of the provincial pavilions.
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| Lay out of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII). |
Besides regional pavilions, TMII also display museums, houses of worship every official religion in Indonesia, fauna and flora parks, recreational facilities, recreational transportation, accommodation and many others. You will feel the atmosphere as much as you visit all area of Indonesia with a variety of cultures that exist. All of the facilities make TMII a popular attraction in Jakarta among domestic visitors as well foreign tourists.
Pavilions 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.
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| Torajan Tongkonan House in South Sulawesi Pavilion. |
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, amphitheater 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 the 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.
Praying House
The religious buildings of several official faiths is meant to showcase the inter-faiths tolerance and religious harmony of Indonesia. The religious buildings are:- Pangeran Diponegoro Mosque
- Santa Catharina Catholic church
- Haleluya Protestant church
- Penataran Agung Kertabhumi Balinese Hindu temple
- Arya Dwipa Arama Buddhist temple
- Sasana Adirasa Pangeran Samber Nyawa
- Kong Miao Confucian temple
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| Kong Miao Confucian Temple. |
Museums and Exhibits
There are fourteen museumi in TMII:- Indonesia Museum
- Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum
- Soldier Museum
- Indonesian stamps Museum
- Pusaka (Heirloom) Museum
- Transportation Museum
- Museum Electricity & New Energy Museum
- Telecommunication Museum
- Penerangan Museum
- Sports Museum
- Asmat Museum
- Komodo Zoological Museum and Reptile Park
- Insects Museum
- Research & Technology Information Centre
- Oil & Gas Museum
- East Timor Museum (former East Timor province pavilion)
Flora and Fauna Parks
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| Bird Park. |
- Orchid Garden
- Medicinal herbs Garden
- Cactus Garden
- Jasmine Garden
- Keong Emas (Golden Snail) Flower Garden
- Fresh Water Aquarium
- Bekisar (a type of rooster) Garden
- Bird Park
- Taman Ria Atmaja Park, stage and music performances
- Taman Budaya Tionghoa Indonesia, an Indonesian Chinese cultural park.
- Reptile Park in Komodo Zoological Museum compound. A fully grown Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) nicknamed Bima resides in the reptile park near the eastern gate, which you can pet and take pictures with for Rp.5,000 ($0.60).
Recreational facilities
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| The Newest Recreational Facility in TMII. |
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| Istana Anak-anak Indonesia. |
- Istana Anak-Anak Indonesia (The Castle of Indonesian Children)
- Taman Among Putro kiddy rides park
- Desa Seni dan Kerajinan handicraft center
- Rare books market
- Snowbay Waterpark & swimming pool
- Telaga Mina fishing pond
- Warna Alam outbound camp
Accomodation
- Desa Wisata hostel
- Graha Wisata Remaja youth hostel
Technological Centre
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| Science & Technology Display Center. |
Pusat peragaan Iptek or Science and Technology Display Centre is under coordination of Research and Technology Ministry. At the end of 2011 has 15 sites with about 300 science tools and visited by 341,000 visitor in a year. The sites are Robotic, Electric and Magnet, Mechanics, Mathematics, etc.
Theatres
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| Keong Emas Imax Theater. |
- Keong Emas (Golden Snail) Imax Theater
- Tanah Airku Theater
- 4D Theater
Monuments, Buildings and Exhibits
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| Monument of Friendship of The Non-Aligned Countries. |
- Kala Makara main gates
- Flower clock
- Tugu Api Pancasila, the main monument, an obelisk celebrating Pancasila
- Baluwerti, a twin gate with relief of Indonesian history on its wall
- Pendopo Agung Sasono Utomo (Grand Hall), the main building in Javanese Joglo style
- Sasono Utomo, exhibition hall
- Sasono Langen Budoyo, indoor stage and theater
- Sasono Manganti
- Sasana Kriya, multi purpose function hall
- Park Management Office
- Cokot Sculpture, a display of wooden sculptures by Cokot, a famous Balinese artist
- The Miniature of Borobudur
- APEC Memorial Monument and Garden
- Non Alignment Nations Friendship Monument and Garden
- The Miniature of Indonesian Archipelago on central lake
- Indonesian Archipelago Plaza and Stage
- Jati Taminah, a remnant of a large teak tree
- Kayu Gede (large wood), the display of large tree trunk
Recreational Transportation
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| Aeromovel. |
- Skylift Indonesia cable car
- Aeromovel Indonesia, a wind powered people mover
- Mini train around the park
- Boat ride on Indonesian archipelago lake
- Swan paddle boat on Indonesian archipelago lake
- Bicycle rent ride
- Car ride around the area
Restaurants
- Caping Gunung restaurant
- California fried chicken restaurants
- Pecel Madiun restaurant
- Various cafetarias and warungs available throughout the park featuring Indonesian cuisines such as soto, gado-gado, nasi goreng and satay.
Source: wikipedia.com
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