2002

S2.E1 ∙ Justice

Sun, Oct 05, 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.

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S2.E2 ∙ Delicacies

Sun, Oct 12, 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.

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S2.E3 ∙ Creature Cures

Sun, Oct 19, 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.

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S2.E4 ∙ After Death

Sun, Nov 02, 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.

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S2.E5 ∙ Body Perfect

Sun, Nov 09, 2003

Taboo looks at body modification including teeth filling in Indonesia, plastic surgery in Los Angeles, and bone stretching in China.

7.6 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Sacred Pain

Sun, Dec 07, 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.

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S2.E7 ∙ Rites of Passage

Mon, Dec 29, 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.

6.7 /10

S2.E8 ∙ Child Rearing

Sun, Jan 11, 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.

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S2.E9 ∙ Extreme Entertainers

Sun, Jan 18, 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.

4.3 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Blood Bonds

Sun, Jan 25, 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.

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S2.E11 ∙ Marks of Identity

Sun, Mar 14, 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.

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S2.E12 ∙ Initiation

Mon, Mar 22, 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.

7 /10