First Aired: September 30th, 2002
Status: Ended
Genre: Documentary
Network: National Geographic
Summary: Taboo is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on the National Geographic Channel. The program is an educational look into "taboo" rituals and traditions practiced in some societies, yet forbidden and illegal in others.
Each hour long episode details a specific topic, such as marriage or initiation rituals, and explores how such topics are viewed throughout the world. Taboo generally focuses on the most misunderstood, despised, or disagreed-upon activities, jobs, and roles.
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Season 5
Episode 13: Extreme Rituals
Air Date: November 24th, 2008
Summary: Rituals that mark the passage from one phase of life to another are examined. Included - boys leap headfirst from a 70-foot-tall tower on an island in the South Pacific; a young girl tattoos her face before marriage in Papua New Guinea; a man in West Africa participates in a bloodletting ceremony that will ready him for priesthood.
Episode 14: Spilling Blood
Air Date: December 1st, 2008
Summary: Western culture hides the spilling of animal blood behind closed doors, but other places its a public event. In Nepal, animals are sacrificed daily to appease a bloodthirsty goddess. Nearly 1,000 whales are slaughtered every year near Denmark in a 1,200-year-tradition called the Grind. Banned in most European countries and the U.S., cockfighting still takes place in Bali to appease evil spirits. Taboo - Spilling Blood takes viewers on a trip to experience animal bloodletting traditions.
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