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Berlin, Gärten der Welt, Balinesischer Garten: Frangipaniblüten - Berlin, Gardens of the World, Balinese Garden: Frangipani flowers

Die Gestaltung des Balinesischen Gartens folgt den auf Bali vorhandenen Vorbildern und soll den Besuchern Geist und symbolischen Inhalt balinesischer Kultur vermitteln. Im Gegensatz zur überwiegend muslimisch geprägten Bevölkerung Indonesiens haben die Balinesen ihre ganz eigene Kultur. Der auf Bali vorherrschende Hinduismus mischt sich mit alten Bräuchen und Sitten, dem Respekt vor der Natur und dem Streben der Balinesen nach Harmonie in allen Lebensbereichen zu einer einzigartigen Glaubens- und Kulturform. Ein Mensch sollte stets im Einklang mit sich selbst, mit seiner Umgebung - das heißt mit der Natur und den anderen Menschen - und mit dem gesamten Universum leben. Dieses dreigeteilte Harmonieprinzip findet sich im Balinesischen Garten immer wieder und ist auch Grundlage für den Namen des Gartens: "Garten der drei Harmonien - TRI HITA KARANA". Der Balinesische Garten ist ein Beispiel für die Anordnung einer Wohnanlage im südlichen Bali. (Quelle: Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz, gekürzt)

 

The Balinese Garden, which opened in 2003 as the Garden of the Three Harmonies or Tri Hita Karana, grew out of town twinning links forged between Berlin and Jakarta. Most of the structural elements in the garden, designed by Indonesian architects I Putu Edy Semara, were pre-fabricated in Bali and assembled in Berlin by Balinese craftsmen.

For the IGA Berlin 2017, this exotic garden was both revamped and rehoused in the new, 14m-high, energy-efficient Tropical Hall which has provided an additional 2000 square metres of tropical planting around the Balinese Garden.

The Balinese Garden reflects man’s struggle for harmony: harmony among people, with the environment and with the universe. A garden planted according to design criteria alone is unknown in traditional Bali, where tropical forest flora merges with the species cultivated by villagers: plants that are used for eating, as remedies or as religious offerings.

In the heart of the garden stands a compound typical of those to be found in southern Bali, surrounded by a wall of whitewashed brick. Visitors enter this private area through a gate called the angkul angkul. It is here that they see the first evidence of the ubiquitous trinity of the Balinese Garden of the Three Harmonies, for the gate comprises a base with steps (representing the foot), a teak door (the body) and a mighty capped roof (the head).

The family temple, or sanggah, inside the compound is enclosed within another wall. In Bali, offerings of flowers, fruit and incense sticks are placed on these high-plinthed shrines every day. The largest building in the compound is the all-purpose bale dangin, a roofed pavilion that serves a number of different functions. It is where offerings are prepared, where the family sleeps, weaves, sews and plays. The paved area in front of the bale dangin marks the centre of the compound and is a place of encounter and exchange.

Just behind the compound starts the ancient tropical forest which contains many species commonly found in Europe as houseplants or in botanical gardens. (Souce: Grün Berlin Group, abbreviated)

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