Portrait of a People Episode Guide
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Episode Guide
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An African Ballad
Ancient rituals remain vital in rural Gambia and Senegal.
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Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo
The Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala, prefer to avoid modern influences.
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Disappearing World: Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo
The Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala, avoid modern influences.
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Disappearing World: Mursi V -- Nitha
The Nitha ceremony marks adult initiation for young Mursi tribe members.
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Endangered World: The Last Ceremony
The nomadic Masai struggle to retain their culture in a changing world.
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Focus on Karakoram
The worlds biggest mountains are in Pakistan.
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Into Darkest Borneo
Anthropologists document the culture of Borneo's Panan tribe.
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The Kayapo
Primitive warriors videotape ceremonial dancing; gold-mining profits change Kayapo culture.
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The Lau of Malaita
Western influences threaten traditional cultures in the South Pacific.
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Lost Land of Tannu Tuva
Centuries-old customs survive in remote Tannu Tuva, a land between Russia and Mongolia.
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Nafanua -- Saving the Samoan Rain Forest
Cultural traditions of Western Samoa.
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People of the Klamath -- Of Land and Life
American Indians sue the U.S. Forest Service to regain rights to ancestral lands.
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Spirit Hunters
Peru's Machiguenga Indians believe rain-forest animals have human spirits.
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Triangle of Life
Western Samoa; cultural traditions; rain forests; flying foxes.
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Tribal Journeys: First Contact/People of the Moon
Burning of Brazilian rain forests threatens the Guajas Indians.
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Trobriand Islanders
Western ideas threaten Trobriand islanders' matrilinear society.
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The Wodaabe
Wodaabe nomads of the African desert follow shrinking herds.
