Portrait of a People Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• An African Ballad

  Ancient rituals remain vital in rural Gambia and Senegal.

• Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo

  The Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala, prefer to avoid modern influences.

• Disappearing World: Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo

  The Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala, avoid modern influences.

• Disappearing World: Mursi V -- Nitha

  The Nitha ceremony marks adult initiation for young Mursi tribe members.

• Endangered World: The Last Ceremony

  The nomadic Masai struggle to retain their culture in a changing world.

• Focus on Karakoram

  The worlds biggest mountains are in Pakistan.

• Into Darkest Borneo

  Anthropologists document the culture of Borneo's Panan tribe.

• The Kayapo

  Primitive warriors videotape ceremonial dancing; gold-mining profits change Kayapo culture.

• The Lau of Malaita

  Western influences threaten traditional cultures in the South Pacific.

• Lost Land of Tannu Tuva

  Centuries-old customs survive in remote Tannu Tuva, a land between Russia and Mongolia.

• Nafanua -- Saving the Samoan Rain Forest

  Cultural traditions of Western Samoa.

• People of the Klamath -- Of Land and Life

  American Indians sue the U.S. Forest Service to regain rights to ancestral lands.

• Spirit Hunters

  Peru's Machiguenga Indians believe rain-forest animals have human spirits.

• Triangle of Life

  Western Samoa; cultural traditions; rain forests; flying foxes.

• Tribal Journeys: First Contact/People of the Moon

  Burning of Brazilian rain forests threatens the Guajas Indians.

• Trobriand Islanders

  Western ideas threaten Trobriand islanders' matrilinear society.

• The Wodaabe

  Wodaabe nomads of the African desert follow shrinking herds.