Kumandra is the central location of Disney's 2021 animated feature film, Raya and the Last Dragon. Inspired by Southeast Asian cultures and geography, Kumandra is comprised of five separate kingdoms—Fang, Heart, Spine, Talon, and Tail—that together form the shape of a dragon.

What is Kumandra?

Kumandra is a fictional land that is based on Southeast Asian cultures. It is comprised of five separate clans who form the Land of the Dragon together. Now that the dragons are gone, Kumandra is under attack by a "dark sinister force" that only a dragon can defeat.

What is Kumandra in Raya?

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lao visual anthropologist and Raya consultant Steve Arounsack explained that the Kumandran gesture for hellos, thank you's, and goodbyes — which entail forming a gem shape with one's hands — also have Southeast Asian analogs.