• Premiered: Sep 2002
  • Episodes: 117
  • Followers: 26
  • Ended
  • National Geographic
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  • Documentary

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Season 2
2x1
Justice
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 2003
Systems of justice in different cultures are examined. Included: tribal justice in the West African nation of Togo and revenge killings in Albania.
2x2
Delicacies
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 13, 2003
In Iceland's traditional Thorrablot celebration in February, a chef prepares rotting shark meat, goat's head and other hard to swallow dishes for their traditional buffet. And in India, .. show full overview
2x3
Creature Cures
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 20, 2003
Unusual medical procedures include bee stings for arthritis; putting maggots in open wounds; medicine made from baboon claws; therapy with leeches.
2x4
After Death
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 03, 2003
Death ceremonies from around the world are examined. Included: the Aghori sect in India embraces corpses in an effort to break the cycle of reincarnation; in Taiwan, bones are exhumed .. show full overview
2x5
Body Perfect
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 2003
On the island off the coast of Indonesian Sumatra, the wife of the Mentawi tribe chieften, undergoes a teeth filing ritual to beautify herself. Her teeth are sharpen with a machete. In .. show full overview
2x6
Sacred Pain
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x7
Rites of Passage
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x8
Child Rearing
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Air date
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.
2x9
Extreme Entertainers
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 19, 2004
Entertainment in different cultures. Included: the training of a Japanese geisha; cross-dressing cabaret performers of Thailand; American circus sideshow performers who pierce their bodies with skewers and chew glass.
2x10
Blood Bonds
Episode overview
Air date
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.
2x11
Marks of Identity
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 15, 2004
Ritualistic body modification in different cultures around the world is examined. Included: neck stretching in Thailand; samurai body tattoos in Japan; branding scarification in the U.S.
2x12 Season finale
Initiation
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 23, 2004
Some rites of initiation may seem bizarre and extreme, but many cultures believe they are worth the pain.

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