Taboo Season 5

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5x01 Touching Death aired Aug 06, 2008

Profiling individuals whose jobs entail handling human remains in Manila; Los Angeles; and Bangkok.

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5x02 Extreme Kids aired Aug 06, 2008

"Extreme Kids" explores child kickboxing matches in Thailand and a self-mutilation ritual for Shi'a Muslims in India.

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5x03 Supreme Devotion aired Aug 13, 2008

A look at religions that measure devotion by physical suffering.

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5x04 Body Extremes aired Aug 20, 2008

A thriving black market for human organs is examined in the Philippines. Also: a look at an intimate bond between humans and pigs in Papua New Guinea; an Aus... read more

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5x05 Extreme Healing aired Aug 27, 2008

Exploring cultures where people entrust their health to faith rather than modern medicine in Venezuela, Arizona and the Philippines.

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5x06 Trial by Fire aired Sep 03, 2008

Dangerous initiation rituals are spotlighted. Included: a fire dance in Papua New Guinea; riding untamed bulls in India.

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5x07 Extreme Eats aired Sep 10, 2008

Spotlighting extreme cuisine, from duck embryos to spiders.

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5x08 Outsiders aired Sep 17, 2008

Profiling outcast individuals in different societies. Included: rat catchers in India; leprosy sufferers in Nepal; scavengers in Australia.

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5x09 Drugs aired Oct 15, 2008

Some cultures incorporate mind-altering drugs into social and religious life.

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5x10 The Third Sex aired Oct 22, 2008

Exploring societies that recognize more than two genders in India, Indonesia and Albania.

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5x11 Extreme Punishment aired Oct 29, 2008

When laws are broken, human society demands justice. But who decides which punishment best fits the crime? Taboo travels the globe to discover what lengths s... read more

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5x12 Bizarre Bodies aired Nov 10, 2008

Profiling people who've gone to extreme lengths to change their looks. Included: a man with surgically attached horns; a woman said to have the world's small... read more

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5x13 Extreme Rituals aired Nov 24, 2008

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 Sou... read more

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5x14 Spilling Blood aired Dec 01, 2008

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 appeas... read more

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5x15 Sex aired Dec 08, 2008

A look at how love and sex are expressed in different societies. Included: swingers in Australia; a Chinese ethnic group that encourages sexual boldness.

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