Tiki Culture - Geographical Origins - General Tiki

T TikiShipman Member Toronto Joined: Jan 15, 2011 Posts: 7	T TikiShipman Posted posted on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 9:01 AM Aloha! Reading James Teitelbaum's book "Tiki Road Trip - A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America", I came across a passage that provoked me to ask you the members some questions about the geographical origins of Tiki culture. James states in his book: "We like to think that all of the iconography of Poly Pop comes from a single island, the isle of Tiki. This place of gathering is located south of Hawai'i, north of Aotearoa [New Zealand], east of French Polynesia, and west of Rapa Nui [Easter Island]." In your opinion what is the geographic area that influenced and inspired the Tiki culture? Does the Tiki culture include any parts of Melanesia or Micronesia? For example, would Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the Marshall Islands be included? Or is it only Polynesia? That said, would the Cook Islands be included? Love to hear what you think! TikiShipman

Aloha!

Reading James Teitelbaum's book "Tiki Road Trip - A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America", I came across a passage that provoked me to ask you the members some questions about the geographical origins of Tiki culture.

James states in his book:
"We like to think that all of the iconography of Poly Pop comes from a single island, the isle of Tiki. This place of gathering is located south of Hawai'i, north of Aotearoa [New Zealand], east of French Polynesia, and west of Rapa Nui [Easter Island]."

In your opinion what is the geographic area that influenced and inspired the Tiki culture?

Does the Tiki culture include any parts of Melanesia or Micronesia? For example, would Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the Marshall Islands be included?

Or is it only Polynesia? That said, would the Cook Islands be included?

Love to hear what you think!

TikiShipman

Post #573000 by TikiShipman on Sun, Jan 23, 2011 9:01 AM