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Season 5 – Taboo

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Rituals and customs accepted in one culture may be thought of as downright bizarre in another. "Taboo" delves into that dichotomy, taking viewers across cultural borders to explore traditional beliefs and deliberate lifestyle choices, ranging from body modification and gender decisions to nudity and spiritual quests that test the limits of the human body.
Taboo — Season 5

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Adriana Marino

Director

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 6, 2008 Touching Death A man evicts bodies from rented burial plots in Manila; an autopsy entrepreneur contracts out his services; a woman performs Buddhist rituals at the scene of a fatal car accident. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 6, 2008 Extreme Kids Indian children participate in a self-mutilation ritual; young children kickbox for extra income for their families in Thailand; a 5 year-old continues to be breast fed. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 13, 2008 Supreme Devotion Some religions measure piety by physical suffering and self-inflicted pain. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 20, 2008 Body Extremes An Australian health therapist drinks his own urine; men and women in the Philippines sell their kidneys to wealthy foreigners; a woman in Papua New Guinea breast-feeds a pig. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 27, 2008 Extreme Healing Stepping beyond the bounds of modern science to place health in the hands of the spirit world. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 3, 2008 Trial by Fire Many traditional cultures require boys to pass through initiations of pain and fear in order to become men. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 10, 2008 Extreme Eats What people can and can't eat may be nothing more than a question of mind over matter. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 17, 2008 Outsiders Every society contains people who live on the fringe, either by force or by choice, and must suffer the consequences. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 15, 2008 Drugs Some cultures incorporate mind-altering drugs into social and religious life. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 27, 2008 The Third Sex Gender, sex and sexuality can be interpreted as cultural or genetic. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 3, 2008 Extreme Punishment The lengths some societies go to to punish a crime. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 10, 2008 Bizarre Bodies The lengths people will go to to change their looks. Details Episode 13 Aired Nov 12, 2008 Initiation Boys in Brazil put their hands in gloves filled with fire ants; boys have whipping competitions in West Africa; a woman in South Korea must become a shaman to save her life. Details Episode 14 Aired Nov 24, 2008 Extreme Rituals Young men leap head-first from a 70-foot tower in a potentially deadly ritual; a girl tattoos her face before marriage as part of her transition to womanhood; a 70-year-old man participates in a bloodletting ceremony. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 1, 2008 Spilling Blood Animal sacrifice in Nepal; the traditional whale-slaughtering tradition, Grind, in Denmark; cockfighting in Bali. Details Episode 16 Aired Dec 8, 2008 Sex Love and what attracts the opposite sex can differ from one society to another. Details

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Taboo — Season 5

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Season Info

Director
Adriana Marino
Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-14 (V)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 6, 2008