Rituals

Amazing ceremonies to mark birth, marriage and death, including a brutal coming of age in Papua New Guinea, dating rituals in China, and a huge Indonesian funeral that costs £170,000.

The greatest gatherings on Earth are rituals. Massive and often extreme rituals bring thousands of people together, from a spectacular ancient battle in Indonesia to a modern ceremony in the desert at Burning Man.

A look at the world's most spectacular and extreme rituals bind people together at the most important, dramatic and emotional moments in life: birth, death, rites of passage, love and faith.

A look at the world's most spectacular and extreme rituals bind people together at the most important, dramatic and emotional moments in life: birth, death, rites of passage, love and faith.