Around the world there are people of different cultures who take actions and decisions that seem out of the ordinary to the average westerner. Considered taboo, these people and their stories are now being known.
Kde se dívat na TABU • Řada 3
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Outcasts
D1
OutcastsSocial pariahs are observed in a variety of cultures, including a village in Ghana where all the residents are witches banished from their home villages; lepers in Bangalore; gypsies in Romania; and a man who has undergone extreme plastic surgery.
Extreme Living
D2
Extreme LivingAn Indian temple where a priest and his wife live with thousands of rats believed to be reincarnated ancestors. A community in Florida where clothing is banned. A night in a Manila cemetery where 5,000 people live among the dead.
Spirit Worlds
D3
Spirit WorldsA look at the spirit world, and how it's represented in different cultures. Included: The Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia, where participants pierce themselves with steel skewers and hooks. Also: an exorcism in India; Santeria rituals in Cuba.
Extreme Cuisine
D4
Extreme CuisineUnusual cuisine includes live octopus; bat with sago grubs; boiled and pickled duck fetus in the egg; tarantula tempura with crackling cockroach.
Extreme Childhood
D5
Extreme ChildhoodAn 8-year-old trains as a boxer in Thailand; a 4-year-old becomes a virgin goddess in Nepal; a 13-year-old plants dynamite in Bolivian mines.
Body Cutters
D6
Body CuttersBody modifications include metal chest implants, tongue splitting, scarification and suspension on fishing hooks.
Body Art
D7
Body ArtTattooing around the world. Included: a tattoo festival in Thailand; a young girl undergoes a painful full facial tattoo in Papua New Guinea; criminal record tattoos in Russia.
Gross Grub
D8
Gross GrubA look at unusual eats around the world, including rotten fish heads; grilled guinea pig; and cheese with maggots.
Rites of Manhood
D9
Rites of ManhoodTests of manhood, including a scarification ritual, are examined.
Possessed
D10
Possessed"Possessed" profiles trance dancers in Indonesia; a witch-hunting exorcist in Nepal; and Pentecostal Christians in the Appalachian region of the U.S.
Altered States
D11
Altered StatesThe use of mind-altering drugs is examined.
Gender Benders
D12
Gender BendersPeople who push gender boundaries are profiled, including transvestites and eunuchs.
Blood Rites
D13
Blood RitesInitiation rites and religious ceremonies involving blood include Muslims who flail themselves and a ritual of male adulthood in New Guinea. Also: vampirism in America.
Crime Scene
D14
Crime SceneIncluded: a medical examiner autopsies human corpses. Also: a professional crime-scene cleaner in the Baltimore/Washington area; the Body Farm in Knoxville, where trainees observe human decomposition.
Gross Work
D15
Gross WorkJobs involving death, disease and pestilence.
