Rattiki's Tiki Tour of South East Asia :-) - General Tiki

P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Fri, Jun 13, 2003 9:20 AM On 2003-06-12 18:49, Rattiki wrote: Well I know generally the South Pacific namely Polonesia, Fiji, Samoa etc. is considered the home of "Tiki culture", but I can't afford such destinations on my budget :wink: So it is off to the Philippines, Indonesia (with a month in Bali) and maybe mainland Indochina for 13 weeks, come the 8th of July. Actually, Rattiki you're not too far off the home of "Tiki culture." Much of the old-school carvers and bartenders of the Polynesian Pop era were Filipino - Andres Bumatay, Milan Guanko, etc come to mind and Ray Buhen opened the Tiki Ti after mixing for Seven Seas and Don the Beachcomber. Also, much of today's tikis sold around the world come from PI. As a matter of fact, if you go to Hawaii and buy something from the ABC Store or other street vendor, most of the handcrafted items they sell come from the PI. And those shell necklaces they hand out at Germaine's Luau? They're from PI too. So, you're actually hitting a pretty good source if you're looking for tiki stuff! Have fun on your trip and take lots of pics for us to see.

On 2003-06-12 18:49, Rattiki wrote:
Well I know generally the South Pacific namely Polonesia, Fiji, Samoa etc. is considered the home of "Tiki culture", but I can't afford such destinations on my budget :wink: So it is off to the Philippines, Indonesia (with a month in Bali) and maybe mainland Indochina for 13 weeks, come the 8th of July.

Actually, Rattiki you're not too far off the home of "Tiki culture." Much of the old-school carvers and bartenders of the Polynesian Pop era were Filipino - Andres Bumatay, Milan Guanko, etc come to mind and Ray Buhen opened the Tiki Ti after mixing for Seven Seas and Don the Beachcomber.

Also, much of today's tikis sold around the world come from PI. As a matter of fact, if you go to Hawaii and buy something from the ABC Store or other street vendor, most of the handcrafted items they sell come from the PI. And those shell necklaces they hand out at Germaine's Luau? They're from PI too.

So, you're actually hitting a pretty good source if you're looking for tiki stuff! Have fun on your trip and take lots of pics for us to see.

Post #38993 by PolynesianPop on Fri, Jun 13, 2003 9:20 AM