Red faced Ikran Clan Leader speculation

I think we may have one new piece of information in regards to the character played by Alicia Vela-Bailey in Avatar. If you check out this link that is about the costumes in the current Toruk Cirque du Soleil production http://tyrannyofstyle.com/costume-design-cirquedusoleil-toruk about 3/4ths the way down you'll find this paragraph about the Kekunan Clan.

"The Kekunan are a Na’vi clan that live near the ocean. They fly the banshee, bird like animals, and lead the main characters to find the Toruk. Their costume is made from the dried leaves of the war bonnet plant. They are embellished primarily in red accents, which are made of shells and different objects found in the water."

Sounds a lot like Alicia's Ikran leader character. The Cirque show I believe is 3,000 years before the movie, so while the description of the Kekunan Clan doesn't fit AVBs character to a T, there's some similarities that can't be dismissed. Na'vi Clan by the sea, check. Fly the banshee, check. Costume is made from dried leaves of the war bonnet plant, Id say no, it appears to be beads and leather, but more on that in a second. Primarily red accents made of shells and different object found in the water, well she clearly is wearing red, that awesome tooth on her head garb could be from the sea, but we don't know, so this is a partial check. Now back to her costume not being made of war bonnet leaves, the article also says, 

"The costumes of the Omaticaya clan took inspiration from the film, but because these events occur thousands of years before, they are not quite as sophisticated. Instead of animal skins, we see them in woven garments. They are also far more colorful, a necessary element due to the scale of the live performance venues."

Well that could explain why she doesn't wear any war bonnet clothing pieces, they've advanced past that stage of clothing through the years. Also when Avatar was made there's a good possibility the Kekunans back story hadn't been fleshed out yet, if at all. With upcoming novels, comics, the Cirque Toruk show, and 3 movies I'm sure James Cameron and crew have really fleshed out back stories on things we've already seen. We also can't discount the face the red faced Ikran Clan Leader really stood out in the movie even if her screen time was short.

So while there is no guarantee she is the leader of the Kekunan tribe I'd say it's a real possibility. Also with them exploring more of the oceans of Pandora in Avatar 2 as has been mentioned I bet we are going to see more of the red faced Ikran Clan leader. 

Preproduction art for the Ikran Clan for Avatar. No mention of a clan name.

Kekunan Clan designs for Toruk: The First Flight

How the Kekunan Clan appears in Cirque du Soleils Toruk: The First Flight 

How the red faced Ikran Clan Leader appeared in Avatar

Explore Pandora with Cirque du soleil

Cirque du soleil has put up a game of sorts for us Avatar fans. It's a side scroller that you go through and find different artifacts and discover some "new" Na'vi clans. If you find enough items you can enroll for free for a trip for you and you friends to the first showing of Toruk: The First Flight. To play the game just click the link below. You do have to be a Cirque Club member but that's free and a quick sign up, it also enables you to see and purchase tickets so signing up is a must.

https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/toruk/pandora?cid=em:trk_multi_2015:toruk-online-experience-2015:cirque-club:ac082:tks:cds&adsrc=cirque-club&adcnt=ac082&RMID=41108&RRID=a2fa985d-b55e-4795-ac23-9101bf73b791

The game is totally worth checking out if you are an avid Avatar fan. The game has a gorgeous background of Pandora and what excited me even more than a chance for a free tickets was the "new" clans I mentioned. Of course one the clans is the Omaticaya, need I say more about them? They also touch on the Tipani clan, which was in Ubisofts Avatar The Game, so I had at least heard of them, but I was excited to learn more about them. The three brand new clans were the Anurai, Kekunan, and Tawkami. I'll post below the descriptions of each as shown in the game. I found it very cool they included a symbol for each clan. As we have been told the Na'vi have no written language but do sometimes carve things, similar to hieroglyphics. These definitely appear to be of that nature.

I wonder if we will see any of these clans in the future sequels? My guys tells me yes, and that's because they used the Tipani clan that has us until now only been from the previously mentioned game. Sounds like JC is treating all Avatar things officially released as cannon, so I expect the story the upcoming Cirque du soleil show presents will also be in line with the movies albeit many years ahead of when they take place.

Don't forget, sign up for Curque Soleil, play the game, and get signed up for a chance for those free tickets!

*All images posted in today's blog are property of Cirque du soleil.

Toruk: The First Flight

Hey everyone, this is the first post of many in my Avatar blog. Feel free to leave suggestions of what you'd like to see in future blogs or just comment with your thoughts good or bad.

On to the good stuff, incase you've been living under a rock lately and haven't been keeping up on your Avatar news, it was announced the dates and times for the Avatar inspired Cirque du soleil show named Toruk:The First Flight. 

You can see all the dates and purchase tickets at the following link.

https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/toruk/tour-dates

I'll admit when I first heard about the pairing of an Avatar based show I assumed it would be in Las Vegas and I'd never have the chance to see it. But it is a traveling show and is going to a wide range of cities across the US and Canada. Where I live I even have a couple of different options, both about two hours away. But I decided to get tickets for the Kansas City show as I'll be able to hang out with another huge Avatar buddy who lives up that way. Let me know what shows you will be attending or what you think of the pairing of Avatar and Cirque du soleil.

-Wameyn