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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge

West Africa: Togo and Benin

Season 2 Episode 206 | 26m 48s

West Africa is the birthplace of Voodoo; in Togo and Benin ancestors commingle with the living. Whether it’s vulture heads for sale at a fetish market or sacred bloodstained altars, Voodoo is always front and center. Art Wolfe visits villages known for their vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals and discovers frenzied trances, powerful masked dances and an extraordinary fire-eating ceremony.

Aired: 10/03/08
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Australia: Arnhemland & the Kimberly
Art Wolfe captures images of rock art intricately painted over thousands of years ago.
Episode: S2 E202 | 26:48
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Brazil: The Pantanal
Art Wolfe arrives just as the seasonal floods recede at the Pantanal.
Episode: S2 E205 | 26:48
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
New Zealand
Art Wolfe captures portraits of contemporary Maori and their sacred tattoos.
Episode: S2 E207 | 26:48
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Antarctic and Falkland Islands
Art Wolfe crosses the infamous Drake Passage south of Cape Horn.
Episode: S2 E204 | 26:48
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Sahel to the Sahara
Art Wolfe follows the Niger river road to the villages of the cliff-dwelling Dogon people.
Episode: S2 E203 | 26:48
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Japan: Hokkaido & Honshu
Art Wolfe ventures north to the remote region of Hokkaido, Japan.
Episode: S2 E201 | 26:48
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Mongolia - Mountain to Steppe
Art Wolfe rides with a Kazakh tribesman in Mongolia.
Episode: S2 E212 | 26:40
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Earth, Fire, Water, Iceland
Art captures Iceland, land of geysers, glaciers, volcanoes and rough-hewn coastlines.
Episode: S2 E213 | 26:48
Watch • 26:41
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Mexico: Baja
Art Wolfe ventures through the unforgiving Cataviña desert.
Episode: S2 E209 | 26:41
Watch • 26:41
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
The Kingdom of Bhutan
Art Wolfe finds a photographer’s nirvana in Bhutan.
Episode: S2 E210 | 26:41
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Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Australia: Arnhemland & the Kimberly
Art Wolfe captures images of rock art intricately painted over thousands of years ago.
Episode: S2 E202 | 26:48
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Brazil: The Pantanal
Art Wolfe arrives just as the seasonal floods recede at the Pantanal.
Episode: S2 E205 | 26:48
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
New Zealand
Art Wolfe captures portraits of contemporary Maori and their sacred tattoos.
Episode: S2 E207 | 26:48
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Antarctic and Falkland Islands
Art Wolfe crosses the infamous Drake Passage south of Cape Horn.
Episode: S2 E204 | 26:48
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Sahel to the Sahara
Art Wolfe follows the Niger river road to the villages of the cliff-dwelling Dogon people.
Episode: S2 E203 | 26:48
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Japan: Hokkaido & Honshu
Art Wolfe ventures north to the remote region of Hokkaido, Japan.
Episode: S2 E201 | 26:48
Watch • 26:40
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Mongolia - Mountain to Steppe
Art Wolfe rides with a Kazakh tribesman in Mongolia.
Episode: S2 E212 | 26:40
Watch • 26:48
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Earth, Fire, Water, Iceland
Art captures Iceland, land of geysers, glaciers, volcanoes and rough-hewn coastlines.
Episode: S2 E213 | 26:48
Watch • 26:41
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
Mexico: Baja
Art Wolfe ventures through the unforgiving Cataviña desert.
Episode: S2 E209 | 26:41
Watch • 26:41
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
The Kingdom of Bhutan
Art Wolfe finds a photographer’s nirvana in Bhutan.
Episode: S2 E210 | 26:41