Need Hawaiin assitance please... - General Tiki

E emspace Member Vancouver Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 879	E emspace Posted posted on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 11:19 PM Hi again MTKahuna, Hee hee, well, a lot of people wouldn't call me PC, but I have always lived in cities where there are a lot of Native Americans, and I grew up feeling respect for aboriginal people everywhere. My wife's career is working with Native kids, she is an employee of a band here that has occupied the same ground continuously for over 3000 years. It's like this: I like exotica, but I LOVE traditional music; it's like back in the 60s when kids hearing Jimmy Page figured out that the real deal was coming from Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. When I was playing Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music ten years ago, a fellow drummer asked me, "Don't you want to mix it up, change things around, get creative?". I just said no, I was a gringo, humbly doing my best to uphold the tradition, and if I achieved that I was happy. Your points are well taken. "Tiki" is a goofy Hollywood/Disneyland interpretation of Polynesian culture, pretty harmless in itself, but when it comes to putting words in the mouths of characters, imaginary or real, it might be good to be thoughtful about what those words should be. Hopefully Kickthereverb isn't getting confused by all this debate... aloha to all, and long life to First Nations everywhere, emspace.

Hi again MTKahuna,

Hee hee, well, a lot of people wouldn't call me PC, but I have always lived in cities where there are a lot of Native Americans, and I grew up feeling respect for aboriginal people everywhere. My wife's career is working with Native kids, she is an employee of a band here that has occupied the same ground continuously for over 3000 years.

It's like this: I like exotica, but I LOVE traditional music; it's like back in the 60s when kids hearing Jimmy Page figured out that the real deal was coming from Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. When I was playing Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music ten years ago, a fellow drummer asked me, "Don't you want to mix it up, change things around, get creative?". I just said no, I was a gringo, humbly doing my best to uphold the tradition, and if I achieved that I was happy.

Your points are well taken. "Tiki" is a goofy Hollywood/Disneyland interpretation of Polynesian culture, pretty harmless in itself, but when it comes to putting words in the mouths of characters, imaginary or real, it might be good to be thoughtful about what those words should be. Hopefully Kickthereverb isn't getting confused by all this debate...

aloha to all, and long life to First Nations everywhere,
emspace.

Post #43161 by emspace on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 11:19 PM