Utraya Mokri

Some clans, such as the Oma­ti­ka­ya, live near gro­ves of wil­lows cal­led Trees of Voices, or Utral Aymo­kri­yä. The­se sites may also be cal­led Utra­ya Mokri, pre­su­ma­b­ly a muta­ted or old form of the name, and are con­side­red swo­tu (sacred places) by the Na’vi. Pri­or to any gre­at act, Na’vi will visit Utra­ya Mokri to ent­rust their memo­ries to Eywa. The trees form a mas­si­ve data sto­rage sys­tem for the coll­ec­ted memo­ries of depar­ted Na’vi. Some indi­vi­du­als only occa­sio­nal­ly link with Utra­ya Mokri; others may link on a dai­ly basis, ‘uploa­ding’ their thoughts, memo­ries, hopes, and dreams to Eywa.

When a Na’vi has died, their loved ones may go to Utra­ya Mokri to make tsa­heylu with a tree and tire­apäng­kxo (com­mu­ne) with the decea­sed. The dead only know and remem­ber things up to the point of the last time they lin­ked to Eywa, via the tree, befo­re their death. It is a bit­ters­weet com­mu­ni­on for many. Alt­hough living fami­ly mem­bers can inter­act once more with their loved ones, the com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on is only flee­ting and cea­ses the moment the kuru is unte­the­red. In addi­ti­on to Na’vi memo­ries, the trees also house ‘memo­ries’ of the rainforest’s wealth of plants and animals.