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Ever since we’ve stumbled upon the original scale models that inspired the cars in Mad Max: Fury Road, we thought there’s not much to be done in terms of paying tribute to the movie. After all, is there anything else that can rise to the beauty of the vehicles that eventually made it on screen?
The answer is quite evident. However, you don’t have to recreate the apocalyptic cars on a lower scale to prove you liked the movie. No, you can always be creative, use the same theme to your interpretation, just like these Japanese artists did when they were getting ready for Obon. Wait, what?
Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom that sees people honoring the spirits of one’s ancestors. Wikipedia tells us this custom has evolved into family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors’ graves. It’s also the time when the spirits of relatives are supposed to revisit the household altars.
You may recall this tradition from how it ends. After three days, Toro Nagashi takes place, which is a moment when paper lanterns are illuminated and then floated down rivers symbolically signaling the ancestral spirits’ return to the world of the dead.
So how do all these traditions relate to Mad Max: Fury Road? According to Rocket News, people in Japan have several traditions to make that visit a comfortable one for their loved ones, including what it’s called shoryo uma. Traditionally these are little horses made from cucumber or eggplant and designed to transport symbolically the dead across these planes of existence.
In more recent years, people are turning these traditional figurines into all sorts of shapes, including the cars in Mad Max: Fury Road, apparently. Shoryo uma makers have been inspired by the Australian movie and have recreated some of the cars out of eggplant, cucumber, and toothpicks.
Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom that sees people honoring the spirits of one’s ancestors. Wikipedia tells us this custom has evolved into family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors’ graves. It’s also the time when the spirits of relatives are supposed to revisit the household altars.
You may recall this tradition from how it ends. After three days, Toro Nagashi takes place, which is a moment when paper lanterns are illuminated and then floated down rivers symbolically signaling the ancestral spirits’ return to the world of the dead.
So how do all these traditions relate to Mad Max: Fury Road? According to Rocket News, people in Japan have several traditions to make that visit a comfortable one for their loved ones, including what it’s called shoryo uma. Traditionally these are little horses made from cucumber or eggplant and designed to transport symbolically the dead across these planes of existence.
In more recent years, people are turning these traditional figurines into all sorts of shapes, including the cars in Mad Max: Fury Road, apparently. Shoryo uma makers have been inspired by the Australian movie and have recreated some of the cars out of eggplant, cucumber, and toothpicks.
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