Talk:Fashion in the World of Avatar/@comment-68.0.19.177-20120718092528/@comment-173.51.38.223-20120718224527

I think it's because it resembles traditional Japanese Kabuki make up

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=kabuki+makup&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=675&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=4jsHUN7ONoiOrQHCycm8CA

Also, Avatar Kiyoshi's are very similar to Kabuki costumes...but this is just a hunch.