Matis
- Episode aired Aug 21, 2007
- 51m
Bruce Parry joins the Matis, an Amazonian tribe wrongly nicknamed the jaguar people, in the 1980s nearly extinguished by exposure to Western germs, still quite a problem, and much of the sha... Read allBruce Parry joins the Matis, an Amazonian tribe wrongly nicknamed the jaguar people, in the 1980s nearly extinguished by exposure to Western germs, still quite a problem, and much of the shamans' herbal medicine was lost with them. Even bringing the imposed gift stipulated by Bra... Read allBruce Parry joins the Matis, an Amazonian tribe wrongly nicknamed the jaguar people, in the 1980s nearly extinguished by exposure to Western germs, still quite a problem, and much of the shamans' herbal medicine was lost with them. Even bringing the imposed gift stipulated by Brazil's Indian agency PENA, the chief would refuse filming, till he is convinced the BBC is ... Read all