Post #363415 by CheekyGirl on Mon, Feb 25, 2008 3:40 PM

Unfortunatey, when you buy into an association with CC&R's you've signed a contract and are under the control of the Board Members. They pretty much dictate what can and cannot be done on the grounds.

Unfortunately, many people associate the tikis with pagan gods. In another thread someone was having problems with a religous mother-in-law that would not visit their home until they removed their tikis. It's very common. You can try and convince people that you're not worshiping them, try and give them the history, the cultural aspect, etc. but the idea that it could possibly be worshiped or idolized as a god of some sort, is bad enough. It's that "thou must not worhsip any other gods", dogma. -- to each their own.

My my mom kept on turning a tiki I carved into a corner of the room and then finally put it outside. My mom kept on calling it an "ugly doll" and was a bit frigtened of it. Yet a visiting member of her church saw it called it "art". You can't win to lose.....