Post #203260 by Mr. Dale on Thu, Dec 15, 2005 11:34 AM

Aloha everybody,
I ran a search on this and could not find the answer I was looking for. Try putting tiki, and should face in a search and all pele breaks loose.
When we were kids we spent lots of time in Hawaii, my lovely mother worked for the airlines and we could get there rather cheap.
But as remember it, I was just a teenager, when we went to the polynesnian cultural center, I believe they said that the tikis always faced away from the village, or outward towards the sea to ward of any evil spirits coming in.
But is this true?
Now that I think about it, it reminds me of the placement of european gargoyles and the reasons for them, am I confusing the two?
But if it is true, what do you do about bars? Where do you put one inside? Does one facing inward lock in all bad luck from leaving? If you face your to the wall do you just tell everyone that he's a bad little tiki and is in time out?
I think placement is rather important, don't want to stir up any bad mojo.
Thanks for your help, Mr. Dale