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  2. Tiki culture - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Tiki - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes Tūmatauenga, the war god, creates Tiki. [a] In another story the first woman is Mārikoriko. 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]

  4. Are tiki bars offensive? How Hawaiian bartenders are ... - AOL

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    Where did tiki come from? Tracing the genesis of the tiki bar tradition is to follow the history of the most iconic tiki drink: the mai tai.

  5. Tiki bar - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Polynesian mythology - Wikipedia

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    Tiki Makiʻi Tauʻa Pepe (foreground) and Tiki Manuiotaa (background) from the meʻae Iʻipona on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia (a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian Triangle) together with those of the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers.

  7. What is a tiki mug? Experts say the ceramic works of art are ...

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    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.

  8. Laka - Wikipedia

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    (1) Ku-ka-ohia-LAKA, male patron of the hula-dance [3] Ku-ka-ohia is the god of Hula dancing and canoe building. He is married to Hina-lula-ohia. In temple, he is shown as a feather god and worshiped with the other Ku gods. He is associated with ohia lehua tree, and the flowers are used for decorations on altars during performances.

  9. Māori mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Māori did not have a writing system before European contact, beginning in 1769, [1] therefore they relied on oral retellings and recitations memorised from generation to generation. The three forms of expression prominent in Māori and Polynesian oral literature are genealogical recital, poetry, and narrative prose. [ 2 ]