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Photographer Trupal Pandya took portraits of the Huaorani people in Ecuador's rainforest. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️