2020.11.04

The Aid Tsunami

How disaster relief ravaged an indigenous community

NICOBAR ISLANDERS celebrate an ancestor, who passed away decades earlier, with a canoe race. In their view, no one really dies. Instead they tran­ sit to the spirit world and protect the community. / Illustrations by Greg Manchess

NICOBAR ISLANDERS celebrate an ancestor, who passed away decades earlier, with a canoe race. In their view, no one really dies. Instead they tran­ sit to the spirit world and protect the community. / Illustrations by Greg Manchess

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