Taboo

Delve into the great unknown. While some mourn, others celebrate, but all seek to do right by the dead. What one society views as the perfect end, another calls taboo.

Delicacies to some - forbidden to others. In a world where one culture's treat is another's torment, you decide what is food and what's taboo.

Although popular entertainment portrays voodoo as a forbidden cult rife with scary rituals and black magic, in many parts of the world voodoo is a religion and way of life.

Explore what possesses people to engrave ink deep into their flesh - forever. Are these marks of identity the urge to belong - or just human nature?

How do we confront evil? Explore how cultures around the world fight back - some in ways that shocked outsiders might call taboo.

Many governments ban certain drugs yet others cherish them as essential to their core traditions. For what benefits? and at what price? do people try mind-altering drugs?

What does marriage mean around the globe? From child brides to arranged marriages to multiple partners, we find that what some consider to be a sacred union, others find taboo.

Explore the practice of witchcraft around the globe today. Rooted in the celebration of the natural world, this ancient practice has been long viewed by wary outsiders as an evil taboo.

Beyond the limits of science lies another universe of healing - one that uses surprising and unorthodox methods. Find out just how far some are willing to go to be healed.

Examine gender issues around the world that challenge our traditional notions of sexuality.

Examine the rituals that help us pass from one life stage to the next. What one society sees as a natural way to mark a passage of life, other might consider dangerous or even cruel.

Religious beliefs are put to the extreme test through taboo practices that are founded in a common belief: the stronger your faith, the more you can ask of your God.