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The Bushmen of the Kalahari Part 1

Season 1 Episode 103 | 26m 46s

Les travels for two days to reach the San Kalahari tribe and is accepted into the tribe itself. Follow him as he learns the delicate and deadly art of making poison arrows for hunting, tracking porcupine, hiking the great sand dunes of the Kalahari and gathering honey from desert bees.

Aired: 03/01/22 | Expires: 05/19/22
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Stroud and Ukuku warriors survive a night on the glacial edge to appease the spirits.
In the Amazon forests of Peru, Stroud learns the plant medicine of the Huacharia Tribe.
Stroud participates in a sacred ritual led by Shamans of the Antanosy tribe of Madagascar.
Ice-fishing and seal meat help sustain the Inuit; Stroud joins in the icy search for food.
Stroud lives among the Inuit of the Arctic where temperatures can drop to below -40c.
“Pachamama” or Mother Earth is honored with descendents of the Inca.
In the Amazon forests of Peru, Stroud learns the plant medicine of the Huacharia Tribe.
Les Stroud learns the dangerous art of compression diving with the Sea Bajau people.
Les is the first Westerner to participate in the San Kalahari ritual of the trance dance.
Stroud meets an African Shaman to experience the rite of passage known as scarification.
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Stroud and Ukuku warriors survive a night on the glacial edge to appease the spirits.
In the Amazon forests of Peru, Stroud learns the plant medicine of the Huacharia Tribe.
Stroud participates in a sacred ritual led by Shamans of the Antanosy tribe of Madagascar.
Ice-fishing and seal meat help sustain the Inuit; Stroud joins in the icy search for food.
Stroud lives among the Inuit of the Arctic where temperatures can drop to below -40c.
“Pachamama” or Mother Earth is honored with descendents of the Inca.
In the Amazon forests of Peru, Stroud learns the plant medicine of the Huacharia Tribe.
Les Stroud learns the dangerous art of compression diving with the Sea Bajau people.
Les is the first Westerner to participate in the San Kalahari ritual of the trance dance.
Stroud meets an African Shaman to experience the rite of passage known as scarification.