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Tiki culture is an American-originated art, music, and entertainment movement inspired by Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian cultures, and by Oceanian art. Influential cultures to Tiki culture include Australasia , Melanesia , Micronesia , Polynesia , the Caribbean Islands , and Hawaii .
From California, tiki spread north, and The Alibi Tiki Lounge is a currently operating tiki bar established in Portland, Oregon from 1947. The Kalua Room opened as part of the Windsor Hotel in Seattle in 1953 and was one of the first to put a tiki-like image next to their restaurant's name. [ 16 ]
Tiki marries her and their daughter is Hine-kau-ataata. [1]: 151–152 [b] In some traditions, Tiki is the penis of Tāne. [2] [3]: 510–511 In fact, Tiki is strongly associated with the origin of the reproductive act. [c] In one story of Tiki among the many variants, Tiki was lonely and craved company.
“Those tiki bars, the name itself, already notes that the decor from which they’re created is really a slap in the face because of kanaka (Hawaiian people), our culture, our religion,” said ...
Victor Bergeron, known as "Trader Vic," broke into the bar business with a $500 loan. Later, he'd go on to create the Mai Tai and pilot a vast chain of tiki bars throughout the world.
Tiki culture is a lot more than expertly-crafted cocktails bartenders toil over. It's all about storytelling — and the artists who make tiki mugs say they're passionate about playing a part.
Grass skirts were introduced to Hawaii by immigrants from the Gilbert Islands around the 1870s to 1880s [3] although their origins are attributed to Samoa as well. [4] [5] According to DeSoto Brown, a historian at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, it is likely Hawaiian dancers began wearing them during their performances on the vaudeville circuit of the United States mainland.
Mugs meant to emulate a tiki carving, what some would consider to be a "true" tiki mug, did not come to the United States until the late 1950s. [ 4 ] A little-known antecedent (and the possible inspiration) of these earliest US tiki mugs and other later US tiki-motif tableware, is a range of mid-century modern ceramic ware from New Zealand ...