Dyan, Pan, and Uka are supporting characters in Disney's 2021 animated feature film Raya and the Last Dragon. They are a trio of thieving Ongis (half-monkey, half-catfish creatures) from Kumandra's Talon Land. When a toddler named Noi lost her family to the Druun, the Ongis worked together to raise and protect her.
In Raya And The Dragon, “binturi” is an insult that basically means “traitor” – hence why it's Raya's preferred term for Namaari. It's part of the Kumandran dialect which was created specifically for the movie by language creator David J.
Tuk Tuk is a character in Raya and the Last Dragon. He is a third-pill bug, third-armadillo and third-pug hybrid, he is Raya's pet, with the ability to roll into a ball as a means of transportation. When he was younger, he was quite small.
The story is started with a 12 year old Raya, who lives in Heart with her father. When her father is turned to stone she sets out on a journey to find the last dragon, Sisudatu, in hopes that she can restore life.
Raya is an honorable and quick-witted young woman who can easily adapt to almost any situation around her. Alongside her father, Heart Land Chief Benja, she proudly guards the Dragon Gem.
The film is a landmark moment for Southeast Asian representation in Hollywood: Raya is Disney's first Southeast Asian princess, and is voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, the first Southeast Asian actor to lead an animated feature from the studio.
He is believed to have been born in 1930 or 1931 and was one of a number of chimpanzees whose owners vied to have recognised as the genuine movie-star. In fact, the original simian star of films such as 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man and 1934's Tarzan and His Mate was probably a composite of several animals.
Raya and the Last Dragon challenges Disney tropes right and left, one of which is the fact that Raya, like her most recent predecessors, never had a love interest. For most of the film, the heroine was 18 years old.
Namaari arrives just in time to hear Raya call her a binturi. She taunts Raya, calling her dep la (strangely beautiful) and demands to know why Raya is stealing Dragon Gem pieces.
Kumandra is a fictional land in Raya and the Last Dragon, that's based on Southeast Asian cultures. It is comprised of five separate clans who form the Land of the Dragon together. Now that the dragons are gone, Kumandra was under attack by a "dark sinister force" that only a dragon can defeat.
Raya and the Last Dragon is a fantasy film set in the fictional land of Kumandra, but that world is inspired by the beautiful cultures of Southeast Asia. Writer Adele Lim emphasized that Kumandra is a fictional land, and that Southeast Asia served as its inspiration.
He tries his best to bring peace by inviting the rest of the tribes to a banquet however its foiled by Fang making an effort to steal the Gem resulting in the Druun's return and him being shot at his leg with a arrow. He sacrifices himself to save his daughter, Raya from the Druun turning into stone.
Therefore, Raya and the Last Dragon is the first Walt Disney Animation Feature to have a transgender character. If the protocol at Disney remains in the way it has been presented, it may not be the last time.
It is set in the fictional realm of Kumandra, which is very much south-east Asian. Its artists researched cultures across the region: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
They were given an official number in the franchise line-up based on the chronological order in which their films were released, starting with Snow White as the first and original Disney Princess, with Cinderella being the second, followed by Aurora and so on.
However, this was only a treacherous façade to hide her devotion to her mother and her clan, which she brought to light when she mercilessly betrayed Raya after the latter was trusted to show her where the clan Heart was guarding the Gem.
The phrase dormit in pace (English: "[he] sleeps in peace") was found in the catacombs of the early Christians and indicated that "they died in the peace of the Church, that is, united in Christ." The abbreviation R.I.P., meaning Requiescat in pace, "Rest in peace", continues to be engraved on the gravestones of ...
