#southeast asian representation

[is-there-a-filipino-legend-yet]

Found an article on Southeast Asian representation

#philippines #filipino representation #southeast asia #southeast asian representation #banter of legends

[futiledevice]

#so glad to see SEA thriving !!!! #these are just recent ones ive kept up with which are only filipinos and thais #need more of this rep actually but glad its improving #southeast asian representation #hollywood

[thebleedingwoodland]

TS4 - Nasi Lemak

D E C O R A T I O N

Nasi lemak is a dish originating in Malay cuisine that consists of fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk that is traditionally served with anchovies, cucumbers, peanuts, and boiled eggs. The dish is rounded up with the addition of a spicy chili paste called sambal.

Although originally invented as a breakfast dish, soon it surpassed its original purpose and became the Malaysian national dish which can be eaten at any time. 

1 Swatch

Polycount: 3,896

Price: 5

Low poly & Stylized, fit for TS4's style Maxis Match

Mesh is not made by me. Nasi Lemak mesh is made by carysgooi from Sketchfab

Plate is made by adamaysils from Sketchfab and with my own modification re-UVMap and retexture.

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To any modders, feel free to use this Nasi Lemak mesh for your custom food or default replacement for Nasi Lemak in The Sims 4: For Rent due to horrible portrayal of Nasi Lemak in that Expansion Pack.

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@maxismatch4sims @maxismatchccworld @maxismatchsims4 @maxismatchsims4 @ts4cc-finds @ts4maxismatch @culturalccfinds @ts4maxismatch Thank you in advance for reblogging

EA Maxis' wrong Nasi Lemak [Read More...]

texture that should be porridge for toddler 😂

Not just me, from Indonesia which is neighbour country to Malaysia, who are annoyed at the inaccuracy. Malaysian Sims player has already complained about this. Read more on Reddit article below.

Feel sorry for the bad representation, Malaysian brothers & sisters 🙏

#the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4cc #ts4cc download #ts4cc food download #ts4 nasi lemak #ts4 asian food #southeast asian #nasi lemak #malaysian food #the sims 4 for rent #ts4 maxis match #asian culture #EA Maxis San Francisco terrible representation for southeast asian culture

[t4rbul3nt]

ppl draw christine canigula and then whitewash her... like, if you can draw michael accurately i know DAMN WELL you can do the same with christine

#be more chill #bmc #christine canigula #stephanie hsu #my fav #asian girl rep #but like #WEIRD asian girl rep #besides michael #michael mell #is also my weird asain rep #and hes southest asain #southeast asia!!! #i get representation BOTH ways

[ranilla-bean]

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#as an east asian i am increasingly privileged in being represented in media #and i do not want wins for east asian representation to cover up dropped balls in #indigenous or even south/southeast asian representation #i can’t cosign these ‘wins’

[probablyhuntersmom]

Having some brainrot about this so here goes.

Namaari plays a larger role than one might think: her love for Sisu and the dragons was the silent hero of the movie, dare I argue. It wasn't just Raya's father who expressed an optimistic dream to make the world better; young Namaari's speech in the first column above is what spurred Raya to embark on her tiring 6-year search to revive Sisu. I only noticed upon rewatching this movie a year and 8 months later, and got chills, that Namaari's initial hope died out due to fear: until Sisu's untainted optimism revives said hope 6 years later (in the second column).

But my god, this movie is bittersweet: young Namaari describes the legend depicted in the precious scroll she owned, that the dragon was swept down a river after saving the world 500 years prior. Guess what? As a young adult, Namaari is the one to make essentially the same thing happen because out of fear, she shoots Sisu in the heart and the latter is swept downstream (Raya was also responsible, but this will be an analysis for another day since there is wonderfully layered interplay between the main three characters).

Sisu didn't exactly save the world this time, not on a large scale, but she did save Namaari's old dream of a better world and set things into motion for the world to heal once more after the 500-year stone sleep that befell almost everyone. Namaari was hardened but still had hope and love deep down, and Sisu's trusting nature - the hallmark of the dragons in the lore of Kumandra - reached that place.

It's crazy: the screencap of young Namaari imagining a dragon coming back into their world, is next to the one where Sisu is mortally wounded. On a more meta level, perhaps the rivers young Namaari speaks of are to metaphorically be the choices she has to consider as an adult.

I wish these two had a one-to-one scene, and am very mildly hoping for a sequel, but Namaari and Sisu no doubt influenced one another in the story:

I'll be writing another analysis or two about this movie while my brainrot lasts lol

#raya and the last dragon #ratld #namaari #sisu #ratld analysis #ratld meta #this was it #this was the movie that (during the 2nd watch/1st rewatch) helped me let go of several weeks' worth of guilt and feeling haunted #because I truly see myself in Namaari now #she also suffered from moral injury and not daring to hope #also SEA representation. I'm Southeast Asian

[ikeameatballspoisonedme]

Being a southeast asian and constantly getting erased is not fun. If someone is 50% Indian and 50% white is casted in a movie set in India as an Indian character people would agree that yeah, good call. I mean yeah 100% Indian would be even better but at least he's actually Indian. But when it comes to SEA people argue that they can be replaced by east asian. Deadass I saw an argument that said they should've casted an east asian for Crazy Rich Asian because "at least they're 100% asian" THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. Southeast asian has so few representation in Hollywood, they are even more discriminated in the acting industry, and a concerning amount of people don't even know our existence and assume we're a poor man countries (except for Singapore and Bali). Replacing a half Southeast Asian with a Chinese Canadian for a Southeast Asian character set in Southeast Asia IS NOT REPRESENTATION. Do you even know what Indonesian/Malaysian people look like?

Edit: also would like to note that CRA is not even a good SEA representation and even the director regretted some of the casting decisions. But I must reiterate that replacing a SEA actor, even if he’s half white, with a Chinese Canadian is not fixing the issue. Southeast Asia is not the same as East Asia, I thought we already learned this with Raya. 

#Also the person that originally said that Henry Golding is attractive cuz he's half white is making a thread about cancel culture.... #Can you please just admit that you were wrong #East asian and Southeast asian is not interchangable #If Simu Liu is SEAns then yes he should've been casted!! But he's Chinese #East asians indeed faced discrimination in the acting industry but CRA already has so few SEA actors #I'm just so... tired of this fucking discourse #Stan Amphibia for good SEA representation I guess

[nerdgirlriot]

Another season of GBBO

another season of me thinking "o no i love them" for all the contestants

#michelle watches: #great british bake off #gbbo #ok mebbe not the tory grandma #because...um... #but i think i will root for syabira #for southeast asian representation #also because she reminds me of some of my cousins

[blitterblues]

Randomly thought about Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh's Oscar wins and almost fucking sobbed in the middle of a fast-food chain

#god ive watched their acceptance speech so many times and i always end up in tears #asian representation is so so important #in my case it means so much to me that michelle yeoh won as a southeast asian #theyre so. JDJAKZHSOSUSH #personal

[yaworldchallenge]

🇮🇩 Indonesia

Region: Southeast Asia

She Smells of Turmeric

Author:  Natasha Sondakh

418 pages, published 2021

Original language: English

Native author? Yes

Age: Teen-Adult

Blurb:

Throughout her life, Cecilia Poetry has listened to her father rave about his home country, Indonesia. After his death, Cecilia decides to move to Jakarta and explore the beautiful life that her father had envisioned for her.

When Cecilia moves in with her wealthy grandparents, they try their best to shape her into the ideal Indonesian granddaughter. She learns of her grandparents' distaste for her American lifestyle and a grudge against her beloved parents, which pushes her away from them. Entangled in frustrating family dynamics, Cecilia escapes to her rich, beautiful, and successful friends who feel way too perfect for her.

The more Cecilia immerses herself in this captivating new world, the more infatuated she becomes by the glamour and intrigue of Jakarta. As her friends' lives unfold to reveal tragic pasts and toxic secrets hidden behind plastic smiles, Cecilia finally begins to feel a real connection to her father's hometown. But as Cecilia's reality starts to catch up with her, it becomes clear that nothing in the city is as it seems.

She Smells of Turmeric is an intimate tale of estrangement and reconciliation and speaks to anyone who has felt alone in their community.

Other reps:

Genres: #coming of age #family #immigrant

My thoughts:

It was surprisingly hard to find a book for Indonesia. I don’t remember why I chose this one.

Review to come.

Bookshop.org link | Kindle link

#indonesia #ya world challenge #reading challenge #asian authors #asian representation #book rec #she smells of turmeric #natasha sondakh #coming of age #family #immigrant #southeast asia #asia

[userdaisy]

tis a jolly day 2 b a h8r

#daisypost #aw/kwaf/ina is so. eurgh 2 me #shes barely tolerable in any movie i see her in #if i focus hard enough on the other characters i Could make it through the whole thing #but like. esp in animated movies. she literally fits none of her characters. that voice coming out of a cgi bird? booooooooooooo #blaccent…… and then hating on asian accents…… literally why r u in every asian movie except 4 the masterpieces. why is every asian movie ur #not in so good. thinking. #corporations hiring her 4 ‘representation’… if u really wanted rep u would hire someone Not Racist and can Act. hell i wouldnt care if they #werent east asian. let the south asians get some action. middle easterns. southeast asians. hell u could hire anyone but her and i might #cheer. do better.

[squarerooto]

ea will put literally every other negative aspect of life no one wanted in the sims and 16 new kits before giving us cars or another game pack a face lift

#HATE HATE HATE THE NEW PACK. FUCK LANDLORDS #god it sucks bc the world looks so pretty and its nice to have some southeast asian representation but. why lump that in with landlords.... #they knew if they just gave us another generic world with the landlord feature no one would buy it #guess its a sign for me to finally start pirating the packs now\ #so they had to lump it in w something fans have been wanting for a while #i dont even want cars in the sims 4 tbch but ive heard so many people wanting cars in the sims that at this point i think ea is just #ignoring fans atp #quinn talks #ts4 #the sims 4 #the sims

[thebleedingwoodland]

Being busy with real life, so I just watched The Sims channel on Youtube, I found youtube video

EA what is this? l Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack by Matinee

Ha ha ha.

"Coconut rice"?

What the ****, EA? As a Southeast Asian I never heard of term "Coconut rice"

I asked my real friend from Malaysia, and she was confused with word "Coconut rice" too, she laughed then replied to me, "You mean Nasi Lemak? *laughing emoticon*"

^ Yes, seriously, but I cannot show her chat screenshot due to privacy.

Probably Coconut rice is word invented by Westerners or White Caucasian race. As if the word sounds like "Rice" with grated "Coconut" toppings, which sounds very misleading.

As Southeast Asian, we say dishes that have rice cooked with coconut milk in direct name of the dish, not just "Coconut milk rice" or "Nasi Santan". Malaysians call it Nasi Lemak. Indonesians call it Nasi Uduk. Thais call it ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง (Khao Niao Mamuang) --> Thai Mango Sticky Rice

Here are pictures of Coconut Milk. For this kind of product it is called "Coconut Cream" because it has little amount of water. 100% legit my own photos I took from nearby minimarket.

By Googling "Nasi Lemak", here is the result:

How could EA, as big massive company make stupid mistake like this? Designer is not just 1 person in studio. There are Intern, Junior Designer, Senior Designer, Supervisor, Art Director. And there are a lot of people in the studio who can supervise and give feedback and advise internally. And yet they cannot Googling "Nasi Lemak" properly. What's the point of Supervisor and Art Director once again? Makan gaji buta? Eating salary without giving effort at all?

EA wrongly represented Nasi Lemak with random rice texture, but then they decided to just "renaming" it with Western/White Caucasian term "Coconut rice" instead of giving update correct Nasi Lemak mesh.

As a designer from corporate who had worked in video game company before, I can tell you this apologize is not sincere and lazy. The proper apologize is supposedly making proper new mesh update of Nasi Lemak.

CC creator, icemunmun, from India, has already created functional Nasi Lemak. CC LINK DOWNLOAD

EA is massive company releasing The Sims as AAA video game titles from The Sims 1,2,3,4 with many expensive expansion packs who brought them massive profit yet they didn't want to spend any effort to give correct proper update with one new mesh.

As if they already know they made mistake and decided to not wanting to spend any more effort because

They already gained massive profit from international sales... and don't care much about players from Southeast Asian countries including Malaysian that their content depicted wrongly in-game as they thought Southeast Asian players are not profitable enough compared to USA and European players.

Ignorance about Asian culture, instead of hiring Southeast Asian people as staff/source person who are willing to give authentic information. They non-Asian people must be thinking that "Nasi Lemak and Coconut rice are the same thing because contains coconut!!"

Yes I know EA studio who created The Sims 4 content is from U.S.A. Here I need to tell you something, U.S.A. people: We Asians, including Europeans, took food very seriously. Food is culture. If you U.S.A people depict our food wrongly, it means you insult our culture. I heard many Europeans complained about U.S.A people who don't take European food culture very seriously. What if USA flag is wrongly depicted by other flag such as Australian flag or Malaysian flag? I bet you USA people are very offended, right?

People tend to learn something from media, movies and video games. Because many Westerners don't know Nasi Lemak, they will think Nasi Lemak looks like porridge like what depicted in-game. Despite White Caucasian of British colonizer had colonized Malaysia, yet many White Caucasian people still don't know what Nasi Lemak looks like.

This is not first time EA misinterpreted Asian culture. EA has wrongly misinterpreted Chinese culture very badly in Shang Simla world.

Thank you sister Martinee for daring to speak up about this issue.

What EA depicted as "Nasi Lemak"

Looks like baby porridge I ate because I was sick.

#nasi lemak #malaysian #southeast asian #hahaha coconut rice what is that westerner? #the sims 4 for rent #electronic arts #the sims 4 #santan #asian sims players #united states of america #innacuracy in video games #asian representation

[sola-nater]

i hate to say it but the lack of diverse southeast asian representation really does get to a girl after a while

#representation matters #southeast asian

[burst-of-iridescent]

South Asian and Hindu Influences in ATLA (Part 1)

disclaimer: i was raised culturally and religiously hindu, and though i've tried to do my research for this post and pair it with my own cultural knowledge, i'm not an expert on hinduism by any means. should i mess up, please let me know.

please also be aware that many of the concepts discussed in this post overlap heavily with religions such as buddhism and jainism, which might have different interpretations and representations. as i'm not from those religions or cultures, i don't want to speak on them, but if anyone with that knowledge wishes to add on, please feel free.

it's well-known that atla draws from indigenous, east and southeast asian influences, but something i rarely see discussed in the fandom is the influences the show takes from hinduism and south asia, and there are actually far more than i think people are aware of.

so here's a (non-exhaustive list) of the main inspirations atla drew from south asian culture and hinduism, starting with...

The Avatar

the title of the show itself is taken from the ancient language of sanskrit, often considered the sacred tongue of the hindu religion. in sanskrit, the word "avatar" means to "descend" or "alight".

the concept of the avatar is a very old one, referring to the physical incarnation of a powerful deity or spirit. the idea of the avatar is most often linked to the god Vishnu, one of three supreme hindu gods collectively called the trimurti, or trinity. the avatar is said to manifest upon earth primarily in times of great need, when balance must be maintained between the forces of good and evil.

atla borrows heavily from this idea in having aang be the incarnation of a divine spirit who returns to the world during a time of immense strife, and is tasked with defeating a great evil to bring balance back to the world. and though i don't know if it was an intentional reference, it's interesting to note that Krishna, the most famous incarnation of Vishnu was also reborn amidst a fierce storm and carried through a raging sea to a new home where he would be protected from the king who sought to kill him. sounds a little familiar, doesn't it?

Agni Kai and the Philosophy of Firebending

the word "agni" derives from the sanskrit name Agni, the god of fire, though it can also generally mean "fire".

the concepts of lightning bending and the sun being the source of firebending are likely also taken from the idea of Agni, since he's said to exist simultaneously in three different forms on three different dimensions: as fire on earth, as lightning in the atmosphere, and as the sun in the sky.

Agni is a significant aspect of many rituals, including marriage rites, death rites, and the festivals of holi and diwali. the concept of Agni is one of duality: life and death, rebirth and destruction. hindu rituals accept and celebrate both aspects, revolving around the idea that destruction is not separate from creation, but rather necessary to facilitate it. the cremation of the dead, for instance, is seen as purification, not destruction: burning away the physical form so the soul is unencumbered, set free to continue the reincarnation cycle.

this influence can be seen in the firebending masters episode, which discusses the idea of fire being vital to life. the sun warriors safeguarding the original fire and demanding that zuko and aang bring fire to the dragons as a sacrifice could also reference the ritual of Agnihotra - the ritual of keeping a fire at the home hearth and making offerings to it. the purpose of this ritual differs depending on which text you refer to, but it is generally believed to purify the person and atmosphere in which it is performed, similar to how zuko and aang must make offerings to ran and shaw and survive their fire before being deemed worthy and pure.

Agnihotra is said to serve as a symbolic reminder of the vitality and importance of fire as the driving force of life, a lesson that zuko and aang also internalize from their encounter with the dragons.

Bumi

bumi's name is taken from the sanskrit word "bhumi", which means "earth". it's also the name of the hindu goddess of the earth, bumi or bhudevi.

one of the things the original animation didn't do and which i really enjoyed about the live action was that they made bumi indian and added desi inspiration to omashu. it makes perfect sense for a king whose name is as hindu-inspired as they come.

NWT Royal Palace

chief arnook's palace in the northern water tribe takes inspiration from the gopurams of hindu temples, massive pyramidal structures that served as entrance towers to the temple.

gopurams were built tall enough to be seen for miles around, beacons to signal tired or weary travellers who wished for a place to rest that a temple was nearby. it's a nice touch that the chief's palace is located in front of the spirit oasis, a similarly symbolic entryway to a sanctuary housing otherworldly deities.

Betrothal Necklaces

to preface: i doubt this was an intentional reference, and this great post talks about other cultures that could have inspired the water tribe betrothal necklaces. given the desi influence in the nwt architecture however, i figured it was worth mentioning.

the idea of betrothal necklaces being given to women by their male partners is similar to the thaali, a necklace given to hindu wives by their husbands. during hindu weddings, grooms tie the thaali around their brides' necks to symbolize their marriage. once given, wives are expected to wear their thaali till the day they die, as doing so is believed to bring good luck, health and prosperity to their husbands.

Chi-Blocking

though chi-blocking takes primary inspiration from the art of Dim Mak, it is also influenced by the south indian martial arts forms of adimurai and kalaripayattu, both of which include techniques of striking vital points in the body to disable or kill an opponent.

kalaripayattu also shares parallels with firebending, being a very physically demanding, aggressive martial art that emphasises the importance of discipline and mental fortitude. control of the mind is essential to control of the body, a philosophy similar to that espoused by iroh across the show.

Wan Shi Tong's Library

the library draws inspiration partly from the taj mahal, the famous mausoleum constructed by shah jahan during the mughal empire as a monument to his beloved wife, mumtaz mahal.

i'll end this post here since it's getting too long as it is, and the following section will be even longer. for while atla treated the concepts in this post with respect, the same unfortunately cannot be said for its depiction of guru pathik and combustion man - both of which we'll be discussing next.

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla cultural influences #hinduism in atla

[thenerdsofcolor]

How 'Thirteen Lives' Represents the Humanity of Thailand and its People

How 'Thirteen Lives' Represents the Humanity of Thailand and its People -- Interview #ThirteenLives #sukollawat #weir #teeradon #Ploy #Sahajak

When westerners think about Thailand, there are many thoughts that come to mind: the food, Muay Thai, or martial artist Tony Jaa. There are also many harmful stereotypes of the Thai people that Hollywood gets very wrong. Movies like The Beach or The Hangover II that showcase Thai people as dirty, thuggish gangsters and the country as an untrustworthy place. With Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives, based…

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#Amazon Prime Video #Pattrakorn "Ploy" Tungsupakul #prime video #Representation #Ron Howard #Sahajak “Poo” Boonthanakit #Southeast Asian #Streaming #Sukollawat “Weir” Kanarot #Teeradon ‘James’ Supapunpinyo #Thailand #Thirteen Lives #Viggo Mortensen