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Episodes (12)
Oct 06, 2003
Taboo examines systems of justice around the world including a West Africa village that uses an ordeal of boiling oil to determine guilt, a blood feud in Albania, and a system of public shame in Texas.
Oct 13, 2003
Taboo looks at foods that are considered delicacies around the world including rotten shark meat in Iceland, goat fetus in India, rat in Togo, and bull penis as an aphrodisiac in Taiwan.
Oct 20, 2003
Taboo examines how animals and insects are used as medicine. It looks at the use of animal parts in South Africa, bees is Taiwan, leeches in India, and maggots in the United States.
Nov 03, 2003
Taboo examines how societies view death and dead bodies including a month-long funeral in Indonesia, public immolation of the dead in India, and a pathologist in the the United States.
Nov 10, 2003
Taboo looks at body modification including teeth filling in Indonesia, plastic surgery in Los Angeles, and bone stretching in China.
Dec 08, 2003
Taboo examines how cultures sometimes use pain in religious rites including tongue boring in Nepal, self stabbing and possession rites in Indonesia, and extreme body piercing and self-mutilation in Thailand.
Dec 30, 2003
Taboo looks at rites of passage around the world including a boy's circumcision in South Africa, an Apache's girls ritual of womanhood, and American couple's journey into old age.
Jan 12, 2004
Taboo examines how people in different cultures raise children including young gymnasts in China, India children raised in prison, and unsupervised children in Indonesia.
Jan 19, 2004
Taboo looks are exotic entertainers around the world including carnival performers in the United States, cross-dressing cabaret in Thailand, and geisha in Japan.
Jan 26, 2004
Taboo looks at different family arrangement around the world including the matriarchal Mosuo tribe in China, criminal gang families in South Africa, and polyandry in northern India.
Mar 15, 2004
Taboo looks at how different cultures indicate status and identity through body modification including the stretched necks of the Padaung in Thailand, the full body tattoos of the Yakuza in Japan, and branding in the United States.
Mar 23, 2004
Taboo looks at initiation rituals around the world including stick whipping and facial tattoos in the Fulani tribe of Benin, dancing on knife blades in South Korea, and enduring ant gloves in Brazil.
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Taboo Season 2 (2003) is released on Oct 06, 2003 and the latest season 10 of Taboo is released in 2014. Watch Taboo online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. Taboo is directed by Richard Slater-Jones,Eric Strauss,Scott Millette,Morris Abraham and created by Alex Barry with Lance Lewman and Carolyn Marvin.
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