Flow. Rolling from the afternoon to the early evening, a thin cloud veils the hot sun and a light breeze blows through the palms on the northern shore of Mansuar island. A group of men return in two separate fishing boats; hauling their evening catch on to the boardwalk as the sky erupts in colour. The sunset is like wildfire and lingers on the horizon. One man lights a small stove under the fire and begins boiling rice, while another hangs a torch from the ceiling; the only light shared amongst themselves each evening. The group of fisherman live the ways of their ancestors; in small clusters of stilted wooden huts some distance away from the nearest village and their families. The islands are their livelihood and their life source. They rotate between days of fishing out at sea, or days constructing fishing boats from the rainforest timber. They operate as a single cluster; reliant on the nature that surrounds them.

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