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Extraordinary Rituals – Pasola Bloodletting

Project Summary

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Genre
Documentary
Featured Content
Ceremony, Culture, Horses, Pasola
Islands
Sumba
Regions
West Sumba
Narrator

Simon Reeve

Producers

Claire Thompson

Lucy Carter

Tuppence Stone

Director

Tom Mustill

Camera Operators

Ben Tutton

George Woodcock

Sound Recordists

Nick Allinson

Other Crew

Joe Yaggi

Natalie Cross

Djuna Bewley

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FORMAT

TV Series

RELEASED

2017

EPISODE

S1E2

TITLE

Great Gatherings

Overview

Explores the spectacular and emotional world of rituals.

In This Episode

Massive rituals bring thousands together for ceremonies of fire, courage and faith.

In This Sequence

Pasola Ritual Bloodletting

Jungle Run Production Services

Our cherished connections in Wanukaka offered unique access for this story. Besides full-time coordination, Djuna spent hours interviewing contributors through the Interrotron, an Errol Morris invention that allows direct eye-contact down the barrel of the lens while filming.

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Video

Gallery

Locations

Sumba

West Sumba

Wanukaka

Production Companies

Bbc natural history unit l
BBC Natural History Unit
The Open University

Distributors

Bbc studios l
BBC Studios
Polyband