Stories about faith, ritual, ancestral knowledge, sacred places, and the ways people understand their relationship with the visible and invisible worlds.
In Cachoeira, Bahia, the Irmandade da Boa Morte carries Black women’s faith, autonomy, and memory into the present. Its August celebration invites us into a living tradition, and reminds us that not everything we encounter through travel is ours to possess.
What if traveling well begins not with knowing where we are going, but with learning how to arrive? Marine biologist Yacciry Ahuja Jiménez reflects on science, ancestral knowledge, and the invisible things we carry across borders.