600 miles west of Fiji, on the island of Vanuatu, young men bungee jump off of enormous wooden structures and hurtle towards the ground, trying to touch it with the tops of their heads before ...

In the remote deserts of Angola, I joined the Mucubal tribe to experience their traditional path to manhood. This journey was ...

Auchi was founded in the 14th Century by a man called Uchi, who left a place called Udo, about 30 kilometres Northwest of Benin City, the Edo State capital. He left with his family due to civil unrest ...

Long before modern safety standards, people pushed their bodies and minds to extremes in the name of belief. This video explores the most dangerous rituals practiced by ancient tribes: ordeals of pain ...

Growing into a man means different things throughout the world and we bring you a list of the most brutal/ painful rites of passage In order for the boys of the Unambal tribe to be called real men, ...

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Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision -- a traditional ritual that can prove fatal ...