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tiki
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tiki
an amulet or figurine in the form of a carved representation of an ancestor, worn in some Maori cultures


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Afterwards, follow the rhythm of jungle drums to look for the mystery of Liki Tikis.
That is not lost on Vale and Juno who observe that Hawaiiana, phallic tikis, sundry outre dance crazes and the particular kind of music popular in 1950s' suburbia suggests an alternative code for a radical reinterpretation of collective memory: "Just as a dream cloaked in symbols can reveal what we have unconsciously suppressed, so music can expose unsurfaced longings and desires and thus grant unexpected insights into our culture.
Through the sliding doors lays Butler's bedroom in which a pair of 8-foot tall, illuminated faux-stone Tikis loom as if on sentry duty for "Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 
 
 
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