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Post #563288 by telescopes on Wed, Nov 3, 2010 4:20 PM

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On 2010-11-03 12:50, lucas vigor wrote:
Ukeleles, in general, are not Tiki. They are Hawaiian, and Hawaii is not Tiki either.

(At least by the definition of most of the posters on this forum except me)

But somehow, electric guitars are tiki? Punk infused electric rifts of "The Munsters" are tiki?

Hmmmm, someone better speak to the Maori in New Zealand, the Tahitians in French Polynesia, and the Hawaiians.