Is this Polynesian? - Collecting Tiki

TM The Monitors Member The ILL streets of Santa Clarita, CA Joined: Apr 08, 2003 Posts: 257	TM The Monitors Posted posted on Thu, Apr 29, 2004 12:53 PM On 2004-04-29 02:18, bigbrotiki wrote: The Asian Tikis are contract carvings copied from photos mostly, and the makers have no connection with the why and how the orignals came about. Mere copies have no mana. Ironically, a Filipino citizen living in America, I agree with Bigbro. The Ifugau tribes in the Philippines worship thousands of gods unique only to our culture, yet most of the carvers choose to look beyond their backyard and copy tikis from other races. Grass is greener on the other side mentality. I wish that my fellow countrymen would wake up and be proud of their own culture. Until then...mabuhay

On 2004-04-29 02:18, bigbrotiki wrote:

The Asian Tikis are contract carvings copied from photos mostly, and the makers have no connection with the why and how the orignals came about. Mere copies have no mana.

Ironically, a Filipino citizen living in America, I agree with Bigbro.

The Ifugau tribes in the Philippines worship thousands of gods unique only to our culture, yet most of the carvers choose to look beyond their backyard and copy tikis from other races. Grass is greener on the other side mentality.

I wish that my fellow countrymen would wake up and be proud of their own culture. Until then...mabuhay

Post #88948 by The Monitors on Thu, Apr 29, 2004 12:53 PM