Post #597815 by komohana on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 9:58 PM

On 2011-07-12 17:59, Hurricane Hayward wrote:
I would go as far as to say that the word "revival," in its strict sense, no longer applies some 15 years down the road and that we should declare that we're in the midst of a new Tiki "renaissance."

Succinctly put, I think.
There is now a Tiki bar in Perth - Western Australia of all places, where boozy holes with motorcycles
parked out the front are the norm (well, around my neck of the woods anyway).

Also, I too am met with blank stares when I start to talk about tiki with people but if I show them
through my lounge, even though it is still under construction and I haven't even started building
the actual 'tiki bar' yet, the majority completely 'get it'. I don't think 'tiki' is too far beneath
the surface with a lot of people, even if they don't realise it.

Another random thought, is that of course 'tiki' goes back a lot farther in time than was
popularised in 50's-60's America, back to at least that great man James Cook, who,
to my mind at least, properly introduced the magic of polynesia to westerners.

The scope, as such?...don't know, don't care...pass the rum please.