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

R Rattiki Member Key West, FL Joined: May 03, 2003 Posts: 422	R Rattiki Posted posted on Sat, Jun 14, 2003 5:38 AM Yes the more I read of Svens book, the more I realize that what we consider "TIKI" is not really Polynesian or South Pacific, but a hogg-pogg of Pan Pacific culture with a dash of 50s-60s cartoons.....no wonder I love it so! :wink: Seems the 'A' frames used for many a tiki bar was originally taken from New Guinea or Indonesian not Polynesia. I think I am going to just pick up a bunch of cool stuff like I did the last two times I was in the PI and I will have some crazy bars and other things made up when I am in Bali. BTW I will shoot some videos while I am there and I will put them up on my server space when I get back. My last trip I shot a video of a really cool and truly South East Asian 'tiki bar' that sat on the Mekong River side in Vientiane, Laos. The place was heaven! I'll try and upload it again and post a link.

Yes the more I read of Svens book, the more I realize that what we consider "TIKI" is not really Polynesian or South Pacific, but a hogg-pogg of Pan Pacific culture with a dash of 50s-60s cartoons.....no wonder I love it so! :wink: Seems the 'A' frames used for many a tiki bar was originally taken from New Guinea or Indonesian not Polynesia. I think I am going to just pick up a bunch of cool stuff like I did the last two times I was in the PI and I will have some crazy bars and other things made up when I am in Bali.

BTW I will shoot some videos while I am there and I will put them up on my server space when I get back. My last trip I shot a video of a really cool and truly South East Asian 'tiki bar' that sat on the Mekong River side in Vientiane, Laos. The place was heaven! I'll try and upload it again and post a link.

Post #39177 by Rattiki on Sat, Jun 14, 2003 5:38 AM