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Post #496880 by Mister Naufrago on Wed, Dec 2, 2009 12:30 PM

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Can I turn off the TV an go back to the Old Continent? (hope you don´t mind this transatlantic ping-pong)

From very its very beginning in the mid sixties Spanish tiki recipe had a pinch of African Primitive Pop. Since reference books used by firsts Spanish artisans mixed Oceanic and African primitive arts, they just probably thought "if its good for art scholars it´s good for this humble artisan.

The importance of this ingredient grew with time originating peculiar sub genre that unashamedly mingled both styles.
Feral felines and Hawaiian cocktails in Segovia.

To this day (con)fusion of styles persists.
Moais on the outside

Life size rhinos on the inside.

Anything similar in the U.S.?