Tribe

Genres: Reality, Wildlife/Nature, Documentary Series

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Season 2

Tribe (known in the USA as Going Tribal) Going is a British documentary television series co-produced by the BBC and the Discovery Channel in which Bruce Parry — a former British Royal Marine — visits a number of remote tribes, spending a month living and interacting with each society.

The series originally aired in the UK on BBC 2 from 3 January, 2005 to 25 September, 2007. There are 15 hour-long episodes in three seasons.

Tribe premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Prime (and later BBC Knowledge) channel on Sunday 11 June 2006, at 21h00. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.

Season 2 premiered on DStv's BBC Knowledge channel on Monday 13 April 2009, at 19h00. It began with two episodes back-to-back, then continued on Tuesday 14 April at 21h30, with the third and final episode. There are three episodes in the second season.

Season 2

Former Royal Marine officer and expedition leader Bruce Parry sheds the trappings of a Western existence and lives alongside indigenous people, adopting their methods and practices.

Taking adventure into a whole new realm, Parry goes hunting, cooking and eating with the local communities and tries their local recreational and ritualistic traditions.

He also examines the way in which western influence is encroaching on these remote areas and asks whether this is a good thing.

In Season 2 he travels to the so-called 'Cradle of Mankind', the Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia, to live with different tribes such as the Bume, a proud flamboyantly dressed, cattle-herding people armed with Kalashnikovs, and the Danssenach on the shores of Lake Turkana where Bruce takes part in his biggest challenge yet - a night-time crocodile hunt, armed with just a wooden harpoon.

Episodes

Episode 1: Return to Africa

Bruce returns to southwest Ethiopia to visit the Suri tribe, his hosts during Season 1.

After an emotional reunion with old friends, Bruce announces his intention to travel south through the Omo Valley to visit the Nyangatom people, arch enemies of the Suri. The Nyangatom, also known as the Bume, are one of the most feared Omo tribes.

To truly become one of the Nyangatom, Bruce must prove himself and become a member of the Ibex - the warrior class.

Episode 2: Rites of Passage - The Hamar

Bruce visits the Hamar people, who live in the fertile hills of southwest Ethiopia. Their culture is rich, too, and the tribe is known for its spectacular celebrations, dancing and adornments.

The tribe invites Bruce to participate in a male initiation ceremony. If he successfully runs and jumps over the backs of cattle four times, he will be considered a Hamar man and able to marry.

Bruce lives with another initiate and his family as they get ready for the ceremony. With two weeks until the jump, he has a lot to learn and little time to practice if he is to pass this test of nerve and athletic skill.

Episode 3: Crocodile Hunting

Bruce arrives at the shores of Lake Turkana, in Ethiopia's Omo Valley. This area is home to the Dassanech fishermen.

Unlike the other groups of the valley, the Dassanech don't live as cattle herders. They fish for giant Nile perch and hunt crocodile and hippo in the lake and river delta.

Bruce is adopted as a son by the charismatic Abranetch. She is central to village life and to Bruce's time with the Dassanech. He is introduced to their different clans, amongst them the rainmaker, scorpion and crocodile peoples.

Bruce joins them in the deadly business of hunting huge crocodiles with a wooden harpoon.

Seasons

(All seasons aired exclusively on BBC Prime/BBC Knowledge)

Season 1 (6 episodes)

Premiere: 11 June 2006 | Finale: 16 July 2006 | Sundays, 21h00

Season 2 (3 episodes)

Premiere: 13 April 2009 | Finale: 14 April 2009 | Monday, Tuesday

Season 3 (6 episodes)

Premiere: 26 June 2009 | Finale: 31 July 2009 | Fridays, 21h30