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Former Royal Marine and expedition leader Bruce Parry tests the physical limits of living with ancient tribes in some of the world's most remote areas. He spends a month immersed in each society, embracing the methods and practices of his hosts. Parry takes part in rituals, hunts for and prepares his own food, and learns the basics of tribal language (although he is accompanied by a translator).

Documentary · 2005 · 58 min

Starring Bruce Parry , Bruce Parry

Director Michael Balson

EPISODE 1

Adi

Bruce Parry spends six weeks with the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh in the Himalayas, learns how to hunt, and takes part in sacrificial ceremonies with the tribe of former warriors, who were cut off from civilisation for centuries.

50 min · 3 Jan 2005
EPISODE 2

Suri

For the Suri people of Ethiopia, ritualised violence is a way of life through extraordinary stick-fighting festivals, but Bruce finds that the rule of the gun is killing their ancient traditions.

51 min · 10 Jan 2005
EPISODE 3

Kombai

The jungles of West Papua were once famed for their head-hunters and cannibals. Explorer Bruce Parry lives with the Kombai people to discover whether cannibalism is still part of their lives.

51 min · 17 Jan 2005
EPISODE 4

Babongo

While living with the Babongo tribe of Gabon in West Africa, Bruce Parry undergoes an initiation ceremony which involves taking a powerful hallucinogen that lasts for three days.

51 min · 24 Jan 2005
EPISODE 5

Sanema

While living with the Sanema people of the Venezuelan Amazon, Bruce Parry takes part in a shamanistic festival.

52 min · 31 Jan 2005
EPISODE 6

Darhad

While living with the nomadic Darhad herders of Mongolia, Bruce Parry helps a migrating family move their livestock across a high mountain pass.

52 min · 7 Feb 2005