Post #511745 by virani on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 6:09 AM

V virani Tiki Socialite Volcanic area of France Joined: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 1439	V virani Posted posted on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 6:09 AM I think in the first half century, tiki restaurants wanted to show what people would dream of, and well, I think they dreamed about polynesia because of the stories of the islands of Tahiti, Bora Bora, the wahines... And Melanesia was more of the unknown, savage, and, well, black people, so less attractive to a lot. I think segregation has a lot to do with this, and restaurant owner didn't want to make customers think they would go to a cannibal theme restaurant.