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The Hewa and the Hidden Secret Ceremony Part 1

Season 1 Episode 109 | 26m 46s

The Hewa who adorn their huts with skulls, were thought to be headhunters; In actuality, it is a memorializing tradition that returns the skull to the home of the dead’s relatives. Hewa burial is upright, allowing the head to be more easily retrieved two years after death and then returned to the family home following a memorial ceremony including ingesting Beetlenut, a mild mental stimulant.

Aired: 03/01/22 | Expires: 06/30/22
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 travels deep into the Kalahari Desert to live with the San people.
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.
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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 travels deep into the Kalahari Desert to live with the San people.
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.