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Where/What is Manakoora?
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Tiki Chris
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I love the song MOON OF MANAKOORA. Is Manakoora a real place? Is it a god? I've tried google just to get a search list about the song. Has anybody seen THE HURRICANE, which featured this song? Aloha, THE MOON OF MANAKOORA © 1937 The moon of Manakoora filled the night The moon of Manakoora soon will rise again [ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2004-01-31 11:13 ] |
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Chongolio
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01/31/2004
Hey T-Chris, http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6861&forum=7&12 There is a sailboat with the name "Manakoora III" However, As far as I can tell it is a completely fictional place. I could not find it in any atlas or search that I did. |
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Swanky
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01/31/2004
I just searched Google for "isle of manakoora" "manakoora bay" "manakoora island" "manakoora -music -moon" nothing. The closet I came to something real was a ship that sank off the coast of California in the late 30's with tha name. I even tried MapQuest.com and went through the island nations up to Fiji when I gave up. |
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Kilikopela
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02/04/2004
The Moon of Manakoora is in between my left and right speakers. It's light pierces a dark rum haze and drifts a soft glow across my living room. Sorry, couldn't help it. I love that song too. |
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Unga Bunga
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02/04/2004
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Tiki Chris
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02/04/2004
Exactly! |
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tikifish
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02/04/2004
Did you try alternate spellings like Manakura? |
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tikifish
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02/04/2004
http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/185113/ I don't think this is the place - probably a coincidence - it is off Guyana, not the South Seas... but here is Manakura Island anyway. |
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schtinkydog
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02/05/2004
Both Arthur Lyman and the Ventures did versions of that song. |
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Kaiwaza
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02/07/2004
I have seen the film, quite a while ago. If I'm not mistaken, Manakoora (should probably be spelled Manakura) was one of the small islands destroyed in "The Hurricane". I'm recalling that she sings it when she is rendevousing with the leading man at some remote area as they are not supposed to be seen together. It might be the name of the lagoon...? |
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Shipwreckjoey
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02/07/2004
Unga Bunga - once again you come through with da kine! You must be tapped into the tiki cultural trivia muthuload. |
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Tiki Chris
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02/07/2004
actually, i think just did a google image search: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=manakoora&sa=N&tab=wi |
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Kono
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02/07/2004
:-? |
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Shipwreckjoey
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02/07/2004
oh...I knew that. I just wanted to see if you guys did. |
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tobunga
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02/13/2010
Hee Hee... Tiki Chris, I just googled Manakoora, trying to find out info on it, and this thread came up at the top of the results... I guess Manakoora exists on TC!!! |
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OnyaBirri
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06/05/2012
I've always loved the melody to this tune, but a lot of the exotica versions I've heard have fallen short. This is my all-time favorite version (at least that I've heard so far), from Axel Stordahl's Jasmine and Jade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIH9UMYQXKU [ Edited by: OnyaBirri 2012-06-04 17:30 ] |
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tiki mick
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06/05/2012
Damn shame there is only one copy of that on amazon, and it is in bad condition (with skips on several tracks)..I would have bought it bought it for sure. |
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OnyaBirri
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06/06/2012
It is an overlooked exotica gem. |
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Tiki Shark Art
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02/02/2015
Eric - too true! 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. |
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