BeLiving Land

       The theme of the park is belief. It is a place where the cultural aspects of all beliefs and religions can exist in the same area, free of political or social judgment. The concept statement behind the park and the experience is that all beliefs are of equal value

The park is dedicated to exploring religion not as a structure of faith, but as a cultural experience, where all religions can co exist and visitors can learn and experience the cultural component of all religions and beliefs (or lack there of) via shared attractions and interactions with each other.

In Be Living Land, guests can choose their attire upon entrance to the park - whether they want to stay in their own clothes, or wear traditional religious attire from any belief system they choose. They can also mix and match parts from different belief systems.

Restaurants and food services are themed around cultural foods that are based on either holidays or traditions from different faiths. In addition to exploration through food, Each faith will have its own area of exploration, through immersive projection rides (similar to Harry Potter World’s Hogwarts ride) about the history and traditions of each religion, holiday themed rides, or through visiting mockups of the holy places / temples from each religion.

Belief in a higher force / universe is also represented in the park. In this area, people walk into a completely dark room, without knowing what the ride is about. They are giving themselves to the experience - it is a changing ride that is once a rollercoaster, once a drop ride, once a silent sit in the dark, one a water ride - it is a metaphor for believing in something, but not putting a face or name to it

Atheism will also have its own area for experiencing the idea of no deities / higher forces. The ride will be an educational ride, comparing common beliefs with scientific theories that claim to counter it. The ride supports the overall idea of the park - experiencing religion or its substitutes from a place of learning and coming together, rather than dividing into camps.

To provide a fresh and ever changing experience and encourage repeating visits, the park changes themes according to the time of year, based on the main holidays of each major religion, and designed by the visitors through surveys, for the more scientific based system of belief.

The entire experience is based on interactions between visitors from different point of views. To support that idea, each ride would have parallel lines where guests from different backgrounds can share their belief systems and traditions, so that repeating visits expand visitors’ circle of Livings (returning guests).

There’s a main marketplace in the middle of the park that allows purchasing different traditional snacks and street foods from major holidays. The marketplace will also include a craft area where guests could make and purchase different accessories that are associated with different belief systems: yarmulke, turban, sari - the spiritual meaning of these objects is stripped from these items, and they become ways to assimilate and immerse in a foreign culture.

Entrance with weapons to the park is strictly prohibited, and all rides are wheelchair accessible. The security guards and BeLivers (park employees) all around the park are dressed with traditional garments from different religions, often with garments from multiple religions in one outfit, as a cultural way of bringing the faiths together, rather than divide people.


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