Comments on: Where’s the Tiki in France? http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france Reports from your intrepid tiki explorer, Humuhumu Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:38:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Didier Chatelain http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-247033 Didier Chatelain Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:18:24 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-247033 I was in the 5e RMP from late 1965 to early 1967 and although you're right about its beginning in 1963, I believe it was disbanded long before 2000. In fact a friend of mine from Arue Camp outside Papeete, told me that it was disbanded not very long after we left. The 5e Regiment Mixte du Pacifique consisted of enlisted Legionnaires of all nationalities mixed with young French recruits (it was the draft) like me from the Engineer Corps. The main reason it was disbanded is that the Regiment wasn't as cohesive as the French military was pretending. I was in the 5e RMP from late 1965 to early 1967 and although you’re right about its beginning in 1963, I believe it was disbanded long before 2000. In fact a friend of mine from Arue Camp outside Papeete, told me that it was disbanded not very long after we left. The 5e Regiment Mixte du Pacifique consisted of enlisted Legionnaires of all nationalities mixed with young French recruits (it was the draft) like me from the Engineer Corps. The main reason it was disbanded is that the Regiment wasn’t as cohesive as the French military was pretending.

]]> By: Petter http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-129191 Petter Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:07:35 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-129191 Bonjour Mesdames Et Messieurs, I have been researching tiki in Sweden which led me to talk with a bartender from Tahonga, the only pre-revival polynesian places in Sweden. There was a Tahonga in Malmoe in the eighties and a Tahonga in Stockholm in the seventies. These places were hotel bars, and the guy who came up with the concept was the hotel owner Charles de Marie. The bartender, Donna, says that Charles had a place in Paris called Tahonga, before he started the Stockholm version. That would be before 72-73. So here is a bone for some urban archeologist out there: Tahonga, Paris! Report back to Tiki Central. Bonjour Mesdames Et Messieurs,
I have been researching tiki in Sweden which led me to talk with a bartender from Tahonga, the only pre-revival polynesian places in Sweden. There was a Tahonga in Malmoe in the eighties and a Tahonga in Stockholm in the seventies. These places were hotel bars, and the guy who came up with the concept was the hotel owner Charles de Marie. The bartender, Donna, says that Charles had a place in Paris called Tahonga, before he started the Stockholm version. That would be before 72-73. So here is a bone for some urban archeologist out there: Tahonga, Paris! Report back to Tiki Central.

]]> By: michel adoue http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-64513 michel adoue Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:18:08 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-64513 Rapa Iti As candidate to be identified As Hiva, Origin Land for Rapa Nui Culture http://iledepaques-rapa.blogspot.com Iorana korua We will send you our last Archaeoastronomy Study on the possible origin of the original inhabitants of Easter Island for information. My best regards michel adoue Rapa Iti As candidate to be identified As Hiva, Origin Land for Rapa Nui Culture
http://iledepaques-rapa.blogspot.com

Iorana korua
We will send you our last Archaeoastronomy Study on the possible origin of the original inhabitants of Easter Island for information.
My best regards
michel adoue

]]> By: charlie bungalow http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-58385 charlie bungalow Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:25:44 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-58385 Abosolutely right ! There is a disastrous lack of Tiki interest in France. It's like if people don't even know about Polynesia or don't care! Maybe in the heydays of Tiki, when the Americans started to fly to Hawaii so easily, the French couldn't afford to go to Tahiti, which is very far from France. So it never really took off here... Being french myself, I also believe that most of us French are too boring to enjoy kitch things, and we're so busy trying to be cool that we forget about having fun... A tous les Français Tikiphiles, unissons nous et répandons le message ! Le seul endroit Tiki que je connaisse c'est le village de vacances Kon Tiki à St Tropez. Et encore, reste à vérifier si l'esprit correspond à la déco... Mahalo ! Abosolutely right ! There is a disastrous lack of Tiki interest in France. It’s like if people don’t even know about Polynesia or don’t care!
Maybe in the heydays of Tiki, when the Americans started to fly to Hawaii so easily, the French couldn’t afford to go to Tahiti, which is very far from France. So it never really took off here… Being french myself, I also believe that most of us French are too boring to enjoy kitch things, and we’re so busy trying to be cool that we forget about having fun…
A tous les Français Tikiphiles, unissons nous et répandons le message !
Le seul endroit Tiki que je connaisse c’est le village de vacances Kon Tiki à St Tropez.
Et encore, reste à vérifier si l’esprit correspond à la déco… Mahalo !

]]> By: steph http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-49143 steph Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:08:58 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-49143 je suis francais et j'adore la culture tiki merci pour ce genre de site je suis francais et j’adore la culture tiki merci pour ce genre de site

]]> By: franck http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-47717 franck Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:41:48 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-47717 La Nouvelle-Calédonie est une île à TIKI aussi La Nouvelle-Calédonie est une île à TIKI aussi

]]> By: virani http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-47502 virani Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:33:17 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-47502 true. there's a nice collection in the new museum of Branly. Most of it was in the definct "Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie". true. there’s a nice collection in the new museum of Branly. Most of it was in the definct “Musée national des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie”.

]]> By: MrBaliHai http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-47482 MrBaliHai Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:53:23 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-47482 You're welcome. I haven't been to the Branly's new location yet, but I saw part of its collection in the Louvre a couple of years back. Simply incredible. You’re welcome. I haven’t been to the Branly’s new location yet, but I saw part of its collection in the Louvre a couple of years back. Simply incredible.

]]> By: Humuhumu http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-47449 Humuhumu Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:32:50 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-47449 Thanks for the tip on the Quai Branly! Looks very cool, I've added it to Critiki. Thanks for the tip on the Quai Branly! Looks very cool, I’ve added it to Critiki.

]]> By: MrBaliHai http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france/comment-page-1#comment-47430 MrBaliHai Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:29:49 +0000 http://blog.humuhumu.com/2007/01/28/wheres-the-tiki-in-france#comment-47430 While France may not have any tiki bars, they certainly have some incredible collections of Polynesan art on display at the Louvre and Musée du Quai Branly. While France may not have any tiki bars, they certainly have some incredible collections of Polynesan art on display at the Louvre and Musée du Quai Branly.

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