Taboo: After Death

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Funerals are the most common death rituals in the world, but there are other ceremonies that involve the dead, often with very different purposes. For the Aghori mystics of India, the corpse isn't something to be avoided, but rather embraced. This program examines the ways in which cultures both foreign and familiar confront the ultimate taboo. From the practice of exhuming the bones of ancestors in Taiwan to that of embalming the deceased in the United States, the video shows how different societies deal with death and what this reveals about their values
Death and the Dead (0:37)
Taiwan's Second Burial (2:55)
Ancestor Worship (2:27)
Ancestors Demand Respect and Appeasement (1:40)
Second Burial: Unearthing the Remains (3:47)
Second Burial: Preparation of the Remains (3:13)
Final Resting Place (2:14)
America's Death Rituals (2:44)
American Death: Illusion of Life (2:41)
Appearance in Death (1:39)
Embalming Procedures (2:32)
Embalming: American Tradition (2:34)
Final Phase of Death Rituals (1:17)
Broken Taboos: Extreme Behavior (4:05)
Flesh-Eating Hindu Monks (2:27)
Sacrifice Ritual of the Aghori (4:32)
Ritual Sacrifice (3:23)

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