Post #604239 by crazy al on Fri, Aug 26, 2011 8:43 PM

sad i'm doing this on a friday night... but Bongs Band at Don's last night and Purple Orchid tomorrow... i'm stayin' local tonight.

anyway... a quick google got me some good fun as i had some inkling of the importance of sexuality to the Tahitians.. now that is not Hawaii but Tikis come from Tahiti right not Hawaii... bla bla bla

anyway this found here:
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/ATLAS_EN/html/sex_and_society.html

"... For example, when Captain Cook came to Tahiti he was greatly surprised to find that the Tahitians had sexual intercourse in public and "gratified every appetite and passion before witnesses". Thus, he reported in his Account of a Voyage Around the World (1769):

“A young man, nearly six feet high, performed the rites of Venus with a little girl about 11 or 12 years of age, before several of our people and a great number of natives, without the least sense of its being indecent or improper, but, as appeared, in perfect conformity to the custom of the place. Among the spectators were several women of superior rank who . . . gave instructions to the girl how to perform her part, which, young as she was, she did not seem much to stand in need of.”

Well... thanks Missionaries for righting all the wrongs and putting tops on those crazy Tahitian Dancers. (I do believe that all original dances were topless and nude... with kids present) Hula? i think it was almost squashed by the missionaries too and dumbed down for 'our' sensibilities.... but that is more google-ing fun...

ah? the article follows with this:
In spite of his consternation, however, Captain Cook apparently kept his composure and did not try to stop the performance. After all, he was not a moral crusader, but a practical Englishman, a seasoned world traveler, and a son of the Age of Enlightenment.

[ Edited by: crazy al 2011-08-26 20:54 ]