Easter Island Environmental Opportunity: Protecting Rapa Nui’s Ocean

Slow-Burning Rebellion Against Chile on Easter Island

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The culture was already in a state of decline. I find this text by Jared Diamond on the topic very interesting.

I suspect, though, that the disaster happened not with a bang but with a whimper. After all, there are those hundreds of abandoned statues to consider. The forest the islanders depended on for rollers and rope didn’t simply disappear one day-it vanished slowly, over decades. Perhaps war interrupted the moving teams; perhaps by the time the carvers had finished their work, the last rope snapped. In the meantime, any islander who tried to warn about the dangers of progressive deforestation would have been overridden by vested interests of carvers, bureaucrats, and chiefs, whose jobs depended on continued deforestation.

Here’s the full text: Jared Diamond, Easter Island’s End

artefact of extinct culture and people: Easter Island Long Ear Statue

In this video Jared Diamond is talking about the collapsing of societies. He shortly mentions new facts to account for the happenings to the Easter Island people and more recently the Salomon Islanders. I find this stuff highly interesting, what about you?

https://www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse

More on easter island by Jared Dianmond.

Jared Diamond, Easter Island’s End

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International Exotic Cocktail Day

Otto von Stroheim writes:

Tiki Oasis is proud to bring to our event the Original Gidget Kathy Kohner Zuckerman

(the real life inspiration for the fictional character of Gidget from the 1957 novel, Gidget: the little girl with big ideas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Kohner-Zuckerman

Kathy Kohner Zuckerman will be joining us Saturday at the Booksigning from 3:30-4:30pm in the Lobby of the Kona Coast Room. She is bringing her book ‘Gidget’ – so make sure to pick up a copy!

Your Quick Guide to the 2009 Tiki Oasis Symposiums

You do not need to be a Tiki Oasis ticket holder or hotel guest to purchase tickets to the symposiums. Arrive early as admission is first come first serve basis. Festival seating. Limited tickets available at the door based on capacity.

** Deluxe Pass holders will receive VIP entrance to all the symposia, Note ten minutes after the symposium starts we will start to sell tickets to the general public. Please arrive on time! **

For a full schedule with details please go to: www.tikioasis.com/tickets/

Friday Afternoon

Tikimentary
12:00 PM AND 1:00 PM Showings
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Presented by Kona Brewing Co.
Price: Free

Rum & Chocolate: A Match made in Heaven
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM 3:15 PM – Pre-Seating for Deluxe Pass holders!!
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Presented by Kona Brewing Co.
Co-sponsored by Appleton Estate and Hershey’s
Sold Out

Saturday Afternoon

Bohemian Surf: A Slideshow from Hawaiian Antiquity to Surfing’s Pop Culture Explosion
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Presented by Kona Brewing Co.
Price: $5

The Early Days of Tiki Mug Collecting
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Presented by Kona Brewing Co.
Price: $5

The Devil-Ettes Surf City Go Go Class
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Upstairs IN THE GRAND PACIFIC ROOM
Price: $5

Pin-Up Make-Up and Hair Instruction
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Outside Bungalow
Co-Sponsored by Fluff and Besame Cosmetics
Sold Out
** note this class is not included as part of the Deluxe Pass!!**

Saturday Afternoon continued

Aloha Tyra’s Tahitian Dance Class
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Upstairs in the Grand Pacific Room
Price: $5

Rum, Inc.: The Historical Role of Specific Rums In Classic Cocktails
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
1:45 PM- Pre-Seating for Deluxe Pass holders!!
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Presented by Kona Brewing Co.
Co-Sponsored by Bacardi, Clement, Mount Gay Rum and Sonoma Syrups
Sold Out

San Diego’s Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Outside Bungalow (next to the car show)
Price: $10

Tiki Oasis Second Annual Autograph Signings
The Original Gidget Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, Domenic Priore, Jay Strongman, Greg Shmanske, James Teitelbaum, Shag, Toes on the Nose Tiki Oasis 9 shirt and shirt tag signing (note: Shag will only be signing the Tiki Oasis 9 limited edition shirts from Toes on the Nose)
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Lobby of The Kona Coast Room Right After Rum Inc!
Price: Free
All books and shirts available for sale at the event.
Sponsored by Warwick’s books

Sunday Afternoon

Paradise Found: San Diego’s Atomic Tiki Landmarks
Sunday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Price: $3.00
Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture
Sunday 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: The Kona Coast Room
Price: $3.00
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Tiki art by Moritz R (Berlin)

1. Velvet Glass Ernie Menehune Recordings
2. www.maitaionline.com
3. Tikiland
4. Tikiblog
5. TIKI SHARK
6. Tiki Talk
7. Sala Thai Restaurant
8. ooga-mooga.com
9. critiki.com
10. humuhumu.com
11. Tiki Bar TV
12. Arkiva Tropika
13. Eye of the Goof
14. Forbidden-Paradise
15. Gecko’s South Sea Arts
16. Hawaiian Host
17. Hawaiian Tikis
18. tikieurope.com
19. Chongolio’s Lost-Island
20. Polynesien – Wikipedia
21. RealKava.com
22. TIKI LINKS
23. tikiroom.com

Style!
Search for Rapa Nui Board Riding at www.boardridetv.com – longboarding in the land of the Moais!
Naturally born surfers.

Here’s their blog – old school. It’s all in spanish. Looks like a nice, fun bunch.

Quote from The Britiish Museum site:
Power & Taboo explores the power of the gods in the Polynesian islands of
the eastern Pacific. Displaying part of the British Museum’s remarkable early
collections from this region, and illustrated with images made in the
early part of European settlement (1760-1860), the exhibition investigates
Polynesian ideas about the gods and how to manage their power. Rare
examples of feathered cloaks and valuable ornaments of jade and ivory from
islands such as Aotearoa New Zealand, Rapa Nui Easter Island and Hawaii
are also included in the exhibition. Many of these objects had a lasting influence
on 20th century artists such as Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso.