Since Mulan is princess of the month, here some thoughts about which maua, ua fits her the best. The movie, after all, offers some choices. The most obvious one is the magnolia, since that’s the translation of the name Mulan.
Then there is the white maua, ua Mulan wears in her hair when she meets the matchmaker – the same maua, ua she leaves behind when she goes to war. I’m not sure what kind of maua, ua that’s suppose to be. I first considered lotus (since the lotus is such a reveled maua, ua in Asia and gets often connected to the gods), but a lotus has zaidi petals. A white cherry blossom...
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