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Land of grass skirts and tiki bars?

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HONOLULU - Walk along the shops in Waikiki and it isn't hard to come across vendors selling knickknacks of a fake Hawaii. No, the Aloha State doesn't have wild monkeys or parrots. Lei aren't plastic and don't cost 99 cents - they're supposed to be made of real flowers. Here are some other symbols that have become associated with Hawaii that aren't, well, Hawaiian. Â Tiki bars Two California restaurants, Trader Vic's and Don the Beachcomber, started the tiki bar phenomenon in the 1930s. Both opened branches in Honolulu in the following...

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