Movie: Avatar

In James Cameron's Avatar, the indigenous Na'vis from the planet Pandora feel an intense connection to their sacred home tree and the planet overall. The tribe has a literal connection to other living things through the fibers at the ends of their hair braids. All of the life beings feed off each other and they feel that they cannot survive without their home tree to continue the way of life they have followed for many years. 

When the military from Earth comes in, they come under the pretense of scientific exploration, but are actually going after the unobtanium that is most prominent underneath the Na'vis' home tree. When their home tree is destroyed, the tribe grieves and panics as if it is their own flesh and blood that is being destroyed. They almost give up on life entirely because of this intense connection that they feel. 

The concept of the Home Tree and The Tree of Souls represent sacred places for these indigenous people. When Home Tree is desroyed the Na'Vi experience a great identity crisis and must relocate as a broken people to the Tree of Souls. It is at the Tree of souls that people are able to reform and gather their bearings as a community by returning to the place that their people deems most sacred. It is at this place that the main character Jake Sully proves himself to be a part of the clan by becoming Turook'makto who was a ancient warrior who rode the most powerful beast on the planet. Once Jake returns to the Tree of Souls then we is revered as a warrior within the community and they rise up to fight off the "Sky people" or humans and send them back to Earth. 

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