eete's Bar With

A Difference

ete has many bars, but attractive little one which

med up recently has filled

ds of regular patrons and

alike who are seeking

ing a little out of the or -3 HOST” is Alec Tarran, an uerican who has lived in ahiti for many years, and an authority on Polynesian gy, a keen collector and of Gauguin’s works and of rench historical documents, es his interest in these sub- Lth his patrons by holding re expositions and displays, e claims are the smallest in Id. iny Bar Tiare features a Fahitian throne as a centre hile the ceiling is decorated )lynesian symbols and rep ions of Polynesian artifacts ar-top, tables and chairs are isly finished with a surface iu cloth impregnated with rent fibreglass paint, eiling has been constructed a way as to act as a sound ard for two stereophonic ikers hidden above the bar. selection of music, ranging )pular hit tunes to a mag collection of choral items Soviet Army choir can be ere. This is certainly a con the Tahitian rhythms from apeete bars! tly Tarran was displaying tion of rare documents from ench history. These included signed by King Francis I, and documents signed by [enry II (1519-1559), King 111 (1551-1589) who was

murdered: an announcement signed by Cardinal Richelieu; a paper signed by Marie Antoinette (beheaded 1793); a document bearing Napoleon Bonaparte’s signature; another signed by Charles IX (1550- 1574), and others. scrip? a P nd er ci a^fled Wr titled for the benefit of the viewers.

Tarran’s next display was to be of Japanese prints on silk, followed by a collection of Polynesian mythological plaques.

The atmosphere of this unusual place is at once Tahitian, American, French, Bohemian, or what ever!

But above all it is certainly interesting and different.

[?]n, host of Papeete's "bar with a difference".