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06/17/08
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Bikini.com gets tikified at the Hukilau |  |
 | Bikini.com may be the world’s biggest beach party – but we think we may have found some even bigger beach party animals this past weekend at The Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. What’s the Hukilau? Well in old Hawaiian days, it was a traditional Hawaiian fishing festival, where a giant net was cast into the sea that the villagers pulled back to shore. It emphasized the spirit of family and community. This groovy modern day Hukilau was a net thrown out to the entire world, bringing lovers of 'Polynesian Pop' and 'Tiki' culture from all over the world together for a very special swinging weekend celebration. It was Tiki Geek Chic! |  | |     |
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Organized by Tiki Kiliki (aka Christie White, but it’s so much cooler calling her Tiki), the event was a weekend full of entertainment and laughs. The crowd was full of beautiful girls in vintage Hawaiian outfits and guys in cool Hawaiian shirts and hats. (We’re not sure if they look like that all the time, but it sure was fun for a weekend.) We particularly enjoyed the presentations by top tiki carver Bosko, sassy historian Charles Phoenix, and classic Tiki TV expert Kevin Kidney. Most of all, we loved the hula girls and out of this world drinks at the fabulous Mai Kai restaurant. Oh, and did we mention that Quasha, our tikirific Art Director got randomly called up on stage to dance with the professionals? (No, we promise we didn't set it up.) |
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Topping off the weekend was the exciting after party with cool party bands including The Intoxicators, a really hot band that combines classic surf sounds, rockabilly and what they call 'space surf'.
This year was supposed to be the last official Hukilau, but we got the good news that the Hukilau will continue on next year. You should not miss the Hukilau 2009 -- we will be there with our flaming drinks and hula skirts on! |
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