Club Nouméa's Tahitian Tiki Tour (fortified with added Marquesas) - Tiki Travel

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Tue, Oct 14, 2014 6:39 PM Tahitian tikis: Strangers in a strange land In 1815, as part of his process of converting Tahitians to christianity, King Pomare II, at the behest of missionaries from the London Missionary Society, ordered the destruction of all of Tahiti's tikis: Purged of its craven idols, subsequently Tahiti effectively became tiki-free, with Tahitian tikis becoming rare items by the end of the 19th century, to be seen only in the collections of various European museums. Nearly two centuries later, and following a revival in Tahitian culture since the 1970s, what is the state of tikidom in this strange Polynesian land where tikis were effectively banned for so long? These were the thoughts I pondered as my flight from Auckland came in to land at Faa'a Airport:

Tahitian tikis: Strangers in a strange land

In 1815, as part of his process of converting Tahitians to christianity, King Pomare II, at the behest of missionaries from the London Missionary Society, ordered the destruction of all of Tahiti's tikis:

Purged of its craven idols, subsequently Tahiti effectively became tiki-free, with Tahitian tikis becoming rare items by the end of the 19th century, to be seen only in the collections of various European museums.

Nearly two centuries later, and following a revival in Tahitian culture since the 1970s, what is the state of tikidom in this strange Polynesian land where tikis were effectively banned for so long?

These were the thoughts I pondered as my flight from Auckland came in to land at Faa'a Airport:

Post #729656 by Club Nouméa on Tue, Oct 14, 2014 6:39 PM