The season premiere of Taboo on the National Geographic Channel is almost here! Taboo is an hour-long program that challenges the way we look at other cultures and ourselves, by exploring practices that are completely normal to their participants but are considered brutal or barbaric to many of us today.
This clip explores a ritual that brings tribal boys into manhood, by having their skin sliced thousands of times to create scars that resemble alligator skin:
This clip explores a group called the Hanged Men, who come together to swing from the ceiling by having sharp hooks pierced through their flesh:
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