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4 unusual facts about Tiki culture


Boat drinks

Boat drinks were created from and rose to prominence in the late 1940s through the early 1970s as part of the Tiki culture.

Boat drinks have enjoyed a revival in recent times, again in parallel with a renewed interest in Tiki culture.

Tiki Towers

Based around a tropical Tiki culture-theme, the game involves players directing a troupe of monkeys to retrieve bananas by building towers of bamboo scaffolding to reach the fruits, with the ultimate goal of collecting all bananas and having all monkeys reach the designated "exit".

Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

It is most likely a compound word combining two Polynesian terms, Tiki and Wiki, to create a self-rhyming name similar to wikiwiki, a common variant of wiki.


Rocketship X-M

The next morning the scientists, clad in aviation oxygen masks due to the low atmospheric pressure, begin exploring the desolate surface of Mars, eventually coming across physical evidence of a now dead advanced civilization: a partially buried-in-the-sand, stylized, Art Deco- or Tiki culture-like metal face sculpture, and in the distance Moderne architecture-like ruins.


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