I was drawn to it not for the extremes, but for the life within: the music, the movement, the fleeting gestures of joy and defiance. Amid the crowds and colour, I sought the intimate moments that reveal the humanity beneath the spectacle, snatches of expression, fleeting connections, the spaces between celebration and chaos. Through these fragments, the carnival became less a single story and more a reflection of the complex, alive, and unpredictable world we all inhabit.