Out Of The Borders Travel
“Nus et Culottés”, a new way of travelling What if we changed our way of travelling and base our journey on human solidarity? by Pauline Quentel (Volunteer at Action Art) When we go on a trip we always take a lot of stuff “just in case”. And in the end, you don’t wear it or use it for the whole trip. Maybe it’s time to understand what we really need on a trip and to make a clean break from what’s around us! Take a deep breath and embark on a journey with Nans and Mouts around the world, with nothing but their hands and their smiles.
What is “Nus et Culottés” and who are they?
their show “Nus et Culottés” have tried to demonstrate over almost ten years of traveling around world. Kindness and solidarity exist everyToday, our travels take many forms: in our own the where in the world. country or in foreign countries, with family or friends, through volunteering, internships, or on “Nus et Culottés” is a French television program a whim with a backpack. We can travel with or broadcast since July 26, 2012 on France 5. Nans without a specific goal or time limit. But in our and Mouts, whose real names are Nans Thombackpack, there is always more or less the same assey and Guillaume Mouton, have been friends stuff, even minimal. Moreover, we rarely sleep in for a long time and have already organized severpeople’s homes because of the media, the films, al trips together when they were younger. During some stories we hear, we place very little trust their trips, they started to take less and less things with them, and to question themselves about our real needs during a trip. “Finalement, le voyage n’est
qu’un prétexte pour se découvrir les uns les autres.” / “In the end, the trip is only a pretext to discover each other.” — Mouts
in the people we meet on our way, we are suspicious and it’s human. What if we tried to get out of this comfort zone? What if we relearned to ask and give again? This is what Nans and Mouts, in
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So, they decided to start their journey com-
pletely naked: no backpack, no clothes, no money! A team drops them off at a place, usually in a natural setting. They are naked despite the weather and despite the place, and only have small cameras and a red and white bundle in which the chargers of their camera are located. They have three cameras: one that films the people they meet, one that films them, and another that they can put wherever they want to film the environment they are in. The first goal is
