It is one of those things that unless you have been to a tropical Island with soft trade winds and pleasant company, it is hard to describe. That feeling of Aloha, that is wishing the whole world peace and joy is central. The tropical fruits, the Luau with the Polynesian dancers, playing the Ukulele, the romance of times past.
In part, it is about being nostalgic for the times of our youth and the times when our parents were young adults listening to Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny when times were more simple, the rum was strong and a man could light up a cigar in public without scandalizing everyone within a 100 yard radius.
To me, Tiki represents a kind and gentle rebellion against a culture of oppression.
At times, tiki manifests itself in dark art, representing those forbidden things that we just don't talk about, with virgins being offered to volcanoes and the like. Yet it is all done in fun with a tongue in cheek irony.
In short, Tiki culture is an escape from an over regulated, over PC, over sensitive culture and is about freedom, fun, love and Aloha.
With Much Aloha
Kahuna Kraig
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