Courir de Mardi Gras is a rural Cajun tradition from southwest Louisiana where masked riders on horseback ride through the town to collect ingredients for a communal gumbo, blending revelry, satire, and community fundraising.

There are many communities living within the Amazon forest. Some we know of, and some of them have continued to succeed in shying away from western eyes. The Achuar community I stayed with was only 1 out of 6,000 communities thriving beneath the trees that act as the lungs of our planet. Their entire existence relies on the Amazon Rain Forest. It is their apothecary, their source of nourishment, a spiritual guide, and most importantly, the place they call home.