Tiki culture

thumb|330px|Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s

A loincloth is a one-piece garment, either wrapped around itself or kept in place by a belt. It covers the genitals and sometimes the buttocks. Loincloths which are held up by belts or strings are specifically known as breechcloth or breechclout. Often, the flaps hang down in front and back.

cocktail based on rum, Curaçao liqueur and lime juice

thumb|right|Hula kahiko performance in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park thumb|Hula in Hawaii. Kumu Hula|Kumu hula Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett performed at the ceremony marking the transfer of control over Isla Zananda of Kahoolawe from the U.S. Navy to the state.

loose-fitting short-sleeve shirts of brightly colored fabric in tropical prints

1961 film directed by Norman Taurog

for decorating drinks

Exotica is a musical genre that was popular during the 1950s to mid-1960s with Americans who came of age during World War II. The term was coined by Simon "Si" Waronker, Liberty Records co-founder and board chairman, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album Exotica. The musical colloquialism exotica means tropical ersatz, the non-native, pseudo experience of insular Oceania, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, the Amazon basin, the Andes, the Caribbean and tribal Africa. Denny described the musical style as "a combination of the South Pacific and the Orient...what a lot of people imagined the islands to be

Polynesian inspired pop culture movement

dumpling appetizer typically filled with cream cheese, crab meat, and other flavorings

American pianist and composer best known for originating the Exotica genre of music (1911–2005)

pseudo-Polynesian themed theatre-in-the-round attraction type at Disney parks

bar with a "Tiki" or Polynesian theme

tray of American Chinese cuisine

Ceramic drinking vessel

American jazz vibraphone and marimba player group popularized a faux-Polynesian musical style that became known as exotica (1932-2002)