I'm honestly a little embarrassed it took me this long to get to this topic! As always, credit goes to @atla-lore-archive for saving all the neat ATLA tidbits and concept art from the old Nick website.
Pai Sho (牌數), meaning "several game pieces" in Chinese, takes inspiration from a few different table games:
Its most obvious influence is the German game Sternhalma, known in the English-speaking world as Chinese Checkers. Like Chinese Checkers, the game is played on a circular board.
The lines on the board and the circular tiles are reminiscent of Xiàngqí (象棋), known in the English-speaking world as Chinese Chess. The pieces often being positioned on the intersection of lines is also very similar to Chinese Chess.
The game's four player limit and visually creative tiles are reminiscent of Mahjong (麻将), China's most famous tile game. In particular, the iconic white lotus tile appears to draw heavily from the classic Mahjong one-dot tile.
Finally, the name Pai Sho was likely inspired by Pai Gow (牌九), meaning "nine game pieces" in Cantonese--- which is both a domino game and a style of poker.
Just like ATLA's animals, it seems that Pai Sho is a fusion of different real life sources. In the next posts, I'll be covering the symbolism and cultural significance behind each Pai Sho tile shown in ATLA.
Like what I’m doing? Tips always appreciated, never expected. ^_^
https://ko-fi.com/atlaculture
a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity
brooklyn bail fund
minnesota freedom fund
atlanta action network
columbus freedom fund
louisville community bail fund
chicago bond
black visions collective
richmond community bail fund
the bail project inc
nw com bail fund
philadelphia bail fund
the korchhinski-parquet family gofundme
george floyd’s family gofundme
blacklivesmatter.com
reclaim the block
aclu
turn off your adblocker and put the video on repeat. do not skip ads. let it play on loop whether you’re listening or not. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere. but let. it. play.
youtube will donate to blm for you.
Target acquired, Im going in.
Yes!
My friend sent me a picture of leona and I fell in love🙁🙁
Don’t worry Bro , Black Tumblr got you and your Sister.✊🏿
Can we find her a donor please ✊🏿🙏🏿
y/n: i’m just concerned with all the fighting you’ve been getting into.
josuke: i’m a genuine tough guy, y/n, you don’t have to worry about me so much!
tomoko: “tough guy”, huh?
tomoko: he was crying and had to hold my hand while he got his ears pierced.
davekat bogan wedding! featuring the dulcet tones of @v-sharp
ICE made a decision to order all international students whose universities are online to leave the country or risk facing immigration consequences and getting deported which essentially means that students will have to decide between leaving the US or risk their health. many countries don’t even have their borders open and some people may not even have places to go so please sign this petition which requests that international students get the option to finish their degrees and remain in the USA
Master Tenzin what holidays do the air nomads celebrate ?
"Typical Air Nomad fashion is to celebrate everything. We have over 200 recorded annual holidays, festivals, and ceremonies. But here are the main ones:
New Year's
Bonding Day (the day young monks and nuns are paired with their bison)
Guru Laghima's Day of Enlightenment (literally one of many guru's and their enlightenment, but his is the most popular)
Cleansing Day (We spend a week deep-cleaning the temples and it culminates in three days of spiritual cleansing ceremonies.)
Yangchen Festival (celebrating Yangchen's victory over the spirit General Old Iron)
Guru Adima's First Teaching (celebrating the first teaching of the first known Air Nomad guru, Guru Adima)
Autumn's Equinox
Master's Anointment Ceremony (once a year, all the new master Airbenders are anointed during this very auspicious occasion)
Descension Day (celebrating our ancestors' decent from their Lion Turtles)
The Avatar's Birthday
As you can imagine, with over 200 celebrations, not all Air Nomads celebrated all holidays every year. Rather, it depended on location and circumstance. You could be well into your 50s before experiencing all of them, but these ten were... are the most popular."
//The list was modeled after Important Tibetan Buddhist Holidays in 2023 and includes a mix of headcanon and canonical Air Nomad celebrations.
That post about death note being "everyone's first anime" (untrue statement) made me curious and now I want to gather data for science
Can you reblog this and tell me where are you from and what was your starter anime?