Florida Indian Mug....Is it Tiki? - General Tiki

AM A.R. McTiki Member SoCal Joined: Oct 29, 2007 Posts: 20	AM A.R. McTiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 9:36 PM On 2009-03-13 20:21, bigbrotiki wrote: The tendency of labeling every thing that is Hawaiian or Polynesian "TIKI" nowadays is a sign of being culturally misinformed I think one has to tread carefully here. To someone who cares about the history of this, it might matter, but if the rest of society calls all things Hawaiian, Tiki, how does the minority remain being correct? In other words, I call the second meal of the day dinner, and the third meal supper (as opposed to the modern lunch and then dinner), but I know I'm being anachronistic. :)

On 2009-03-13 20:21, bigbrotiki wrote:
The tendency of labeling every thing that is Hawaiian or Polynesian "TIKI" nowadays is a sign of being culturally misinformed

I think one has to tread carefully here. To someone who cares about the history of this, it might matter, but if the rest of society calls all things Hawaiian, Tiki, how does the minority remain being correct?

In other words, I call the second meal of the day dinner, and the third meal supper (as opposed to the modern lunch and then dinner), but I know I'm being anachronistic. :)

Post #439866 by A.R. McTiki on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 9:36 PM