What are the Vanu Vanu based off?

[Xanikk999]

What real life culture(s) are the Vanu Vanu based off? I imagine it's some tribal culture but I don't really know which. I doubt they invented all of it without any inspiration either.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Mayan/Aztec? Just a wild guess.

[Vejjiegirl]

They are probably based off:
Kakapo
"The kakapo (Māori: kākāpō or night parrot), Strigops habroptilus, also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the super-family Strigopoidea endemic to New Zealand."

and

Māori people (Probably around 1500-1840)

[SlyTribal]

Not real life, but:

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But in all seriousness, their tribal ways do resemble the Māori very closely, including their Haka (war dance)

[UnstablePersonality]

They are probably based off:
Kakapo
"The kakapo (Māori: kākāpō or night parrot), Strigops habroptilus, also called owl parrot, is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the super-family Strigopoidea endemic to New Zealand."

and

Māori people (Probably around 1500-1840)

Second picture looks like they photoshopped pokemon ears onto a man.

[Fevelle]

Aren't Ixali based on normal parrots? Vanu Vanu are more like crested serpent eagles like this one:

[chibaby]

I always thought the vanu vanu were owls

[Niqote]

Yagudos. Duh *cheeky grin*

[FoxyAreku]

[Gunspec]

Wow, what are they teaching in schools these days. The Vanu Vanu are clearly based off of the Atlantian sky island settlers of the 9th century. Their wonderful culture was destroyed by the waste of Western "civilization" when the callous Issac Newton forced their islands to plummet from the sky after his invention of gravity in the 17th century.