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LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

Join celebrated anthropologist Wade Davis as he tracks four indigenous cultures, each unique for the preservation of their customs in the face of modernization. As he investigates these people heading towards an uncertain future, Davis highlights a fundamental question: what does it mean to be human? In this installment, Peruvian Buddhists.
Light at the end of the world


EPISODES
PERU: SACRED GEOGRAPHY
Take a journey of the spirit in this pilgrimage to the sacred heart of the Andes.
POLYNESIA: THE WAYFINDERS
Can a single sailing canoe from Hawaii restore the pride of the Polynesian culture after years and years decay and denial?
HIMALAYAS
Travel with Wade Davis to the sacred monasteries in Nepal as he seeks to understand the meaning of Buddhism and its teachings.