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PockyTiki
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Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 556
From: central MA
|  Posted: 2012-12-12 9:49 pm Permalink
Great thread! As an enthusiastic fan of tiki, ancient mayan/aztec/olmec art and lucha libre, I support this thread whole-heartedly. Viva Mexico!
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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 391
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2013-01-07 11:07 pm Permalink
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On 2010-09-20 11:42, GROG wrote:
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On 2010-08-30 07:43, Zeta wrote:
I am super glad to meet fellow non-USA tikiphiles and specially happy to meet another Mexican. I think we are the only two around.
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That's because most of the Mexicans are over here in the USA.
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Not funny Ernie.
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nui 'umi 'umi
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Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 391
From: La Mirada Atoll
| Posted: 2013-01-08 12:01 am Permalink
Dusty, Do you know if the Kon Tiki floater in Ensenada is alive and well?
Mahalo,
David
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Zeta
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2032
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 25 days ago; 09:26 am Permalink
Tiki Mai Kai cannibal trio
Indiana Jones Idol
Mexico Pre Hispanic sculpture.
So, I think, the mystery of the origin of the Mai Kai three cannibals is solved.
(applause)
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  ¡Viva Tiki! Ambassador of Tiki in Mexico. Zeta is specialized in the research, study and preservation of Tiki culture in Latin countries.
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GROG
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6267
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 25 days ago; 11:27 am Permalink
Look to GROG like idol is depiction of female giving birth.
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6267
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 25 days ago; 11:29 am Permalink
Look to GROG like idol is depiction of female giving birth.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3951
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 25 days ago; 12:16 pm Permalink
Zeta mi amigo, nice to see you back! I am going to have to go with Grog on this one, looks more child-birth than Cannibal.
DC
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10605
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 25 days ago; 2:23 pm Permalink
Well, there are those that theorize that the "Cannibals" are actually "Birthers": The big belly one being pregnant, than the two others giving birth seated. Like it is done in many indigenous societies.
According to historians, the Tahitians practiced infanticide - but not cannibalism. The Marquesans did, though. These Tikis are Marquesan in design. I am sure of that.
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3951
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 25 days ago; 2:55 pm Permalink
Bigbro,
Never thought about the birthing theory, makes sense.
Here is a version of the three Cannibals from the Luau in Canada that seems to go with that idea.
DC
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