Post #736462 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Feb 1, 2015 7:32 PM

Eric - too true!
The Moon of Manakoora -
I ended up naming a painting after it too.

I thought it was a neat old Exotica song from 1937.
It was from the movie the Hurricane - the first EVER filmed on location in the south seas.
Then there was this weird translation I found on line for the word "Manakoora":
“Mana-Koora” is very loosly traslated to
mean “Magical Powers”: “Mana” being “magical or spiritual power”
and “Kuu-rah” meaning “lore” or“body of knowledge”. Up shot is the
Moon has magical powers to make your true love come to you.

Don't know about all that, but it goes along with the song.

Hey, I went ahead and made "The Moon of Manakoora" into a Beach Towel as well.
It looks something like this:

Let's hope the Moon of Mankoora shines down on the next generation of Tiki lovers as well.