Watch avatar the last airbender season 1 episode 2
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And that's not even mentioning the Swamp People.
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Omashu doesn't really share the Qing aesthetic, Kyoshi Island has a lot of Japanese elements, and the village where Song and her mother took care of Iroh and Zuko had Korean influences. While Ba Sing Se is heavily inspired by Qing China, and the Earth Kingdom as a whole is mostly meant to represent the Chinese Empire, it's by no means a universal thing. Whereas the other three tend to be fairly homogenous in their cultures and real life influences, the Earth Kingdom changes drastically from place to place. The Earth Kingdom is massive, and has easily the most diverse collection of populations of any of the four countries. Definitely would've been cool to learn more about them though.ĭespite being based on china the desert of the Earth Kingdom definitely felt more like the Arabian desert or the Sahara Not that there's anything unusual about that of course, since Avatar is always good about showing how there's no cultures which are unanimously evil or unanimously good. On the other hand, Sha-Mo seems perfectly respectful, and even says they have an obligation to treat guests in their land with hospitality and guide them through the dessert. Ghashiun seems like a prick, and the rest of his crew who we saw at the Oasis didn't exactly seem like a friendly bunch either. Yeah, their portrayal is interesting, cause they come off as villains for like 80% of the time we see them, and then get redeemed a bit right at the end. I wish we saw more of them, and how they lived. Sandbenders are an interesting culture though. This episode was directed Lauren MacMullan and written by Tim Hedrick. Upon hearing that Appa was muzzled, an infuriated Aang enters the Avatar State and almost wipes out the sandbenders, but is calmed down by Katara. After going through the many perils of the desert, Aang tracks down the sandbenders who stole Appa and learns that they traded Appa to a merchant in Ba Sing Se. They plan to capture them for the reward, but a secret society helps to protect Iroh and Zuko from them and from the Fire Nation. While they try to escape, Iroh and Zuko arrive at the Misty Palms Oasis and are recognized via a wanted poster by Xin Fu and Master Yu, the men hired by Toph's father to find her. The team is stranded in the desert, helpless without the kidnapped Appa. The sandbenders bear a resemblance in dress and culture to the real-life Tuareg people, who inhabit the Saharan interior of North Africa.
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The Hami Tribe's name matches that of Hami Desert, a section of the Gobi Desert in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Sokka's exclamation at seeing the large mushroom cloud caused by Aang could also be interpreted as an allusion to psychedelic mushrooms, which makes sense given Sokka's state of mind at that time. Mescaline has properties which induce a psychedelic experience very similar to LSD. Although there is a popular myth that cacti store water which can be extracted to the benefit of the thirsty desert traveler, in reality many cacti are poisonous or contain hallucinogens such as mescaline. There are Fire Nation wanted posters of Jeong Jeong and Chey alongside those of Iroh and Zuko. The maps used by Team Avatar to navigate their way through the desert are the same ones Sokka took from Wan Shi Tong's Library. This is the first time the Order of the White Lotus was mentioned. We have reached the middle of the series, as there are thirty episodes before and thirty after it.
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