Post #696891 by TikiTacky on Mon, Oct 21, 2013 8:36 AM

To me, the tiki concept is about escapism. It's a simulation of a non-existent Polynesian-esque shangri la. It encompasses music (exotica and hapa haole), clothing (aloha shirts, slippahs, maybe a straw hat), decor (bamboo, polynesian artifacts, nautical, tropical plants), food (hawaiian dishes, modified Chinese), drink (rum and fruit juice concoctions), and of course the promise of willing wahines (mainly indicated by their smiling and innocent naked forms on black velvet). Tiki mugs tie together a few of those needs, and serve to epitomize the fauxness of it all.