Ed Stafford's Rite of Passage Season 1 Episode 5

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00:28The

00:35There's quite a lot of foliage between us and them, so they're well hidden, that's the problem.

00:55Welcome to filming in the jungle.

01:00I'm Ed Stafford, as an explorer and survivalist, I've made a career out of mucking about in

01:06the wild.

01:08If I'm honest, I've never really grown up, so now, I've set myself a mission to see how

01:20cultures across the world navigate the messy business of becoming an adult.

01:28I believe many of us in the modern world have lost our sense of identity.

02:02I've successfully passed my own rite of passage.

02:12Ready guys?

02:25I'm on my way to visit the Warani people.

02:58I think I'll stick with the plane.

03:09These guys have two hunting weapons, the blowpipe and the spear, and I've got a week to master

03:15them both.

03:27That is a bumpy runway.

03:31It looks like the villagers have come out to meet me.

03:40Okay, let's go and say hi.

04:00Penty's been expecting me, I wasn't expecting to see quite so much of him.

04:06But I guess in this sweltering heat, it does make sense not to be too covered up.

04:31Some Warani are said not to be receptive to visitors from the outside world.

04:37I certainly wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of a blowpipe, but so far, so good.

04:52I understand that their method of changing children to adults is hunting, right?

04:57Yes.

05:03Well, that's going to be put through my paces in the jungle.

05:07It's a great opportunity for me to get to know the guys, find out from their perspective

05:11how important hunting is.

05:17It's where the child, when he has 9 years old, it's where the child, aprending his mouth,

05:23it's like a son of the moon.

05:24When you're older, you're going to get to know the woman.

05:29You're going to get to know how you can maintain your meat and how you can maintain your cacerity.

05:37We're always, always hunting because it's our food that we don't buy as a city.

05:42If you don't hunt, you're not going to eat.

05:58I'm excited.

06:01I'm excited.

06:19Penty says that the boys start with blowpipes, then graduate to using spears.

06:24To be accepted as warriors, they have to master both and prove it by bringing home an impressive kill.

06:30These two boys here are clearly going through their rite of passage.

06:34Zero is almost reaching that stage where he's done his training.

06:40Out of the young boys, two out of three have caught a monkey before.

06:46They've shot a small bird, stuff like that, so they really are in the same boat as me.

06:51And the best hunters are looking for women too.

06:56Yes.

06:57Yes.

06:57Does it work like this?

06:59Yes.

07:18These guys are slipping through the jungle extraordinarily deftly and I feel like I'm sort of stumbling through and smashing

07:26through at the back.

07:34Yes.

07:39Yes.

07:42Yes.

07:43Yes.

07:46Yes.

07:49Yes.

07:57And here we go.

08:01Yes.

08:14these guys have hunted monkeys for literally millennia and it is sustainable the monkeys are

08:20abundant and I think it's because of that that they haven't had an impact on the population

08:28I'm a little bit more

08:31I'm a little bit more

08:35I'm a little bit more

08:40but it's not a good one

08:44I'm a little bit more

08:53I'm a little bit more

08:59All the boys have got different levels of experience, and it doesn't seem to be age-related.

09:04Adrian has got a brilliant monkey call. Slightly less inhibitions, I think, because he's of

09:08a slightly more naive age, whereas Sylvie is a bit embarrassed by doing the calls.

09:13And then Zero, much more experienced, quite proficient.

09:18Me, 49 years old, complete numpty. Embarrassing.

09:36He says, you have to learn to swim.

09:42Let's practice.

09:44While Ronnie boys start learning how to use blowpipes from when they're tiny, I've got

09:50a lot of catching up to do.

09:53It's quite a beast to handle, isn't it?

09:58I think my tuba playing prowess will come in handy now.

10:21This is the vine that produces the toxin that they put on the end of the darts that causes

10:27the monkeys to fall out of the trees.

10:55We take the vine back to the village.

10:58Tomorrow, we'll be cooking up a deadly poison.

11:04I actually really love the fact that the rite of passage here has been interwoven into the very fabric of

11:10life.

11:11These guys have obviously been brought up in the jungle.

11:14And so all of this information has been amassing year upon year upon year for their entire child.

11:19This is building up skills that are going to allow them to be valuable to the community and to their

11:23wives and to their children.

11:35As it's my first night here, the village wants to give me a proper Warani welcome.

12:18When in Rome...

12:26I'm not 100% sure what's going on at the moment,

12:29because I don't understand anything that's being said.

12:32I feel very welcome, that's the main thing.

12:40OK, we're going in together.

12:43Thank you for the welcome to me.

13:09The thing that Pentti was the most keen to convey, I think,

13:13was how he wants to continue how his ancestors have lived,

13:18the same cultures they've always lived by.

13:23He's also learning for the future.

13:27Do you have children too?

13:29No, not yet.

13:30Do you have a woman?

13:32No, not yet.

13:34How many years have you?

13:35I have 36.

13:3736.

13:38I and my wife, I had 40 years old.

13:43So, there's time.

13:44There's time.

13:48But it's difficult, because in the community,

13:51how many people in total are here?

13:52We're like 150.

13:55150.

13:56There's no many options.

13:57Yes.

13:58There's time.

14:09You've got a really traditional house there,

14:11and then you've got a basketball court made out of metal and concrete in front of me.

14:17It's invariably a juxtaposition, but we're in the modern world, aren't we?

14:24Since I was welcomed, a lot of the men have put a pair of shorts on,

14:28the women have put tops on as well.

14:31That ceremony was to demonstrate that they have a rich culture,

14:34they have traditions, but I guess like all indigenous tribes,

14:37they're trying to find a balance.

14:38They're trying to balance keeping their customs with embracing the modern world.

14:54It's 5.45.

14:58Everyone is just beginning to stir.

15:06That was quite a night.

15:10The amount of farting, spitting, coughing.

15:16I think I managed to go about a four-hour sleep.

15:21Reminds me of boarding school.

15:34Oh, my goodness.

15:36Look at that.

15:38It's a tape here.

15:41I was not expecting that.

15:44A tame tape here.

15:48Oh, no.

15:50This camera is completely fogging up.

15:54It's hooping it down with rain.

15:58Welcome to filming in the jungle.

16:15Such a nice attitude towards life, isn't it?

16:18There's so much freedom, and it just enables them to have more time bonding with your kids,

16:24time bonding with your wife, time chatting, time making jokes,

16:29time caring for each other, I guess, looking out for each other.

16:32From what I can see, there's smiles all around,

16:36and you don't necessarily find that in more Western modern society.

16:48It depends on what you're doing.

16:51I'm doing milk to clean black, fresh, and it'll be very good.

16:57Mm-hmm.

17:00So I'm far-hardening the darts.

17:03I'm terrified that at some point this whole thing is going to just go up in flames.

17:07And he's going to have spent hours carving these darts.

17:31It's a neurotoxin that paralyzes its victims, causing them to suffocate.

17:35This poison is used for killing monkeys.

17:40And if I was to jab one of those darts in my arm, it would kill me instantly.

17:47I feel like Sleeping Beauty.

17:50Don't prick your finger.

17:54It's just quite sobering to think that these are sharp sticks,

17:57and they're full of a lethal venom now.

18:01I'm reminded that fast-tracking this rite of passage in just a few days,

18:05something the Warani spend years building the skills for, is dangerous work.

18:22Just 0.03 grams of this poison is fatal if it enters the bloodstream.

18:28But surely a little bit on the tip of the tongue won't hurt me.

18:31I hope.

18:32And this is not going to eat only toppings.

18:35And that's good.

18:36And that's good.

18:44Just tasted a lethal toxin.

18:47It tastes toxic.

18:51It has a very strong flavour.

18:54It's almost like battery acid.

18:56I think that tiny amount in the inner of your tongue, which is spat out,

19:00isn't obviously at any dangerous level.

19:04I'm hoping it's not anyway.

19:20I'm introducing kids of 10 years old

19:24to something that is inherently life-threatening.

19:28They, therefore, learn about responsibility from a very young age.

19:33And that is invariably part and parcel of this rite of passage ceremony, isn't it?

19:39Saying goodbye to the naivety and the foolishness and the carefreeness, maybe, of childhood

19:44and embracing the responsibilities that are attached to growing up.

19:48Kids have to learn how to do this.

19:50If not, they're not going to survive out here.

19:52Therefore, there's no option but to embrace these risks.

19:56Gracias.

19:59Poison darts ready.

20:01It's time to put them to the test.

20:19Tempenny is using a piranha jaw and the teeth on him to score a mark.

20:25And in doing so, he's making a breaking point so that when it enters a monkey, it actually snaps off

20:32and the monkey can't pull it out.

20:33Which means that more of the toxins actually enter the bloodstream.

20:46There's a troop of monkeys, a small troop of monkeys, at the top of this tree.

20:51Very difficult to see them from down here.

20:53There's quite a lot of foliage between us and them, so they're well hidden.

20:56That's the problem.

21:05I can't see it at all.

21:08I can't see it at all.

21:10I can't see it at all.

21:12I can't see it at all.

21:26I can't see it at all.

21:26That it's proving difficult to kill them.

22:15Okay he's at one.

22:16And we're waiting for the toxin to take effect.

22:42The guys couldn't get up to a position where they could dislodge it and it's a bit of a

22:47stalemate, I'm afraid. Whether that monkey survives or not, I don't know.

22:53The Warani would never let a life go to waste. They'll come back later to see if the poisoned

22:58monkey is more accessible. But for now, it's a fail for me and the boys.

23:04At the same time as we were trying to get the monkey down from a tree, Tempeña went off to

23:08a further

23:10troop of monkeys that he could hear, so he's now separated from the group.

23:15We're going to head back to the boat. Everyone's got grins on their faces, everyone's happy,

23:24but yet again, we're returning home without any food.

23:28The village relies on food from the hunt for survival. It's not just the rite of passage that's at stake.

23:47Tepena is back, and unlike me and the boys, he's not empty-handed.

23:54It's dinner time.

23:59How did you catch him?

24:02I got half a mile walking,

24:04and until I could go down a punch, I'm tired of walking.

24:10I did silence, that's the first tip.

24:13And then, when the monkey did notice, I was one more one, and I got one more one.

24:28It's brought everyone together.

24:30It's a kind of mini celebration in itself.

24:32Everyone is more relaxed now, immediately.

24:34You can see all the smiles.

24:37I think the thing that struck me the most about that

24:40was witnessing just how much Tempeña grew in stature

24:44and how his demeanor changed completely

24:47because he'd come back and he'd provided for the community

24:49and he was therefore fulfilling his role.

24:51And that's how value is seen within this community.

24:55If you can catch a monkey,

24:56then you're worthwhile being around, don't you?

25:08It's a very sort of distinct taste.

25:10I have to admit, it's more the concept of eating monkey

25:15rather than the meat itself.

25:17That's difficult.

25:18It is always contentious thing to eat something

25:20that is so closely related to humans.

25:36To these guys, I guess, meat is meat.

25:39You know, food is food.

25:41And it's born out of necessity.

25:42It's born out of practicality.

25:44It's what's available.

25:45And they've been doing it for centuries.

25:58Absolutely no waste here whatsoever.

26:00The butter is preparing the head for me.

26:19They seem very keen for me to try all parts of the monkey.

26:35It's like using a bouncy ball.

26:37I can't actually get my teeth to it.

26:46Exploding bouncy ball.

26:47Wow.

26:48I was used.

26:52Chilled monkey brains.

27:00It's like eating pate or something like that.

27:03It's quite rich and fatty.

27:04And that is actually a delicacy.

27:07That was the nicest bit of the monkey by far.

27:16That was amazing.

27:18Stuffed.

27:36Okay, so the blowpipe was a fail, but one big kill with the spear means we can still

27:41pass the rite of passage.

27:42This is something that is designed for these guys specifically to kill crocodiles or caiman.

27:47Unlike the blowpipe, this weapon means getting into close contact with a deadly predator.

27:57He's got a massive grin on his face and very happy I think to be given the responsibility

28:02to actually make one of these.

28:04It's not a kid's toy.

28:05It's obviously potentially lethal and I think that is obviously all part and parcel of how

28:11he is beginning to acquire the skills necessary to be proficient in hunting.

28:21When the hunters don't bring back a kill, it's the women's job to make food to keep the

28:25community going.

28:28What's this?

28:30What's this?

28:31What's your name?

28:31That is Dinkaret.

28:38Yeah.

28:53What are you preparing?

29:04I feel a bit deflated now.

29:10I think I'm butchering this job, Boyle Cance.

29:29What do we have to do? Are you chuping?

29:32OK.

29:35So, in a world of no blenders, clearly the best way to mash up the yucca

29:41and turn it into a form that can therefore become a drink is to masticate it.

30:01Oh, I've eaten so much yucca.

30:10Men do never do this.

30:13Never.

30:14That's why they're laughing at me, because they think it's a woman's work.

30:18In the way, what do women do?

30:22Do you have any cancer?

30:32The reality for a community like this, where kills aren't guaranteed on every hunt,

30:37is that the women's role in providing food is just as vital as the men's.

30:44Keeps hitting the back of my throat and I get this gag reflex.

30:50Excuse me.

31:07Viking bat.

31:11Yeah, I like it.

31:15Is it customary to slurp?

31:19I've done this.

31:21It's a...

31:23Ed's eating.

31:24It's a gringo.

31:25It's a gringo.

31:31You have to take a lot of food to be ready to be able to hunt.

31:36We've got a lot of help.

31:37We've got a lot of food, and we're going to take a lot of food.

31:42Okay, I understand.

31:57We're on the boat, heading upriver.

32:00We're heading to a place where Tempeña thinks that we are most likely to find caiman.

32:06This is a particularly big night for Ciro,

32:09because if he were to catch a caiman tonight,

32:12I think that would be a very significant demonstration

32:16that he's gone through the training, he's got enough experience,

32:19and he's ready to enter adulthood.

32:23And it's a big night for me too.

32:25It's my last night with the tribe,

32:27and so my final chance to prove myself.

32:32It's starting to get very dark.

32:36To catch a caiman, you have to head out at night.

32:45It's a big night for us to try and prove ourselves as hunters.

32:52Whereas the two boys behind me are just having a little giggle.

32:56Not a care in the world.

32:58There are very different stages of their journey.

33:02The reason for the torches is the caiman have very reflective eyes.

33:07Not only does the torchlight enable us to spot the caiman,

33:11but there's an element of being transfixed by the light

33:15that makes them stay in one place.

33:17If they can get the spear in,

33:19the next phase is to actually jump out of the boat

33:22onto the back of the caiman

33:23and kind of wrestle it into the boat.

33:25It does seem somewhat reckless to jump in the water

33:28with something with that powerful jaws and that sharp teeth.

33:34There's no doubt in my mind that caiman can kill.

33:40Caiman can grow up to about 15 foot in the Amazon

33:43and a 15 foot caiman is a man-eater.

33:47So, there is a very big element of danger here.

33:51Not least for untrained hunters.

33:54Caiman are known for their rapid reflexes

33:57and can react to being provoked in just 1 20th of a second,

34:01crushing human bones in the process.

34:11He's out of the water, isn't he?

34:14You see him, his whole head's out of the water.

34:19Time for Zero to step up to the plate

34:21and catch himself a caiman.

34:30…

34:36…

34:40…

34:53What happened?

34:55What happened?

34:56What happened?

34:58I hate to say it, but that was a golden opportunity.

35:02Zero had a caiman proud of the water, super proud of the water, literally showing a hole

35:10of the underside of his neck, which was obviously a vulnerable position for it, and he messed

35:15up the strike, and he didn't get it.

35:19Ah, poor guy.

35:24Zero, how do you feel?

35:26A little sad.

35:28Zero sadly missed his chance.

35:34I can't.

35:35I can't.

35:36Come on, come on.

35:38Go in.

35:40Forwards.

35:41Forwards.

35:44Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

35:48Yeah, come in.

35:51Take it.

35:55Yes.

35:56Yes.

35:57Ah.

36:00Ah.

36:03Ah.

36:05That's frustrating.

36:06The back of the spear got stuck in my poncho, and so I couldn't pull it back.

36:12So I slipped off at the end of the spear.

36:17Quite mixed emotions about that, clearly.

36:20Really chuffed to have struck it and actually hit it.

36:25This isn't going exactly how we planned, but there's no way we're giving up just yet.

36:35Hey, hey.

37:04Oh, well done.

37:06I mean, it ain't big, but, you know, it's a start.

37:18To an extent, that takes the pressure off.

37:21You can tell by the grin on his face he's happy.

37:24Even a camel in this size, you just would not want to put your finger in his mouth.

37:38Very quick, Dev.

37:39He's not struggling or suffering at all.

37:46With Zero now having successfully hunted a caiman, it's my turn.

37:51Pressure's on, Stafford.

37:52You're in the hot seat.

37:57Hey, hey.

38:06Came in, he's quite proud of the water.

38:11Those eyes, burning.

38:13Burning orange.

38:23Yeah.

38:28Yeah.

38:30Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it, got it.

38:33Got it, got it.

38:34But, but.

38:47It's a caiman.

38:48It's not the massivist caiman that I've ever caught in my life.

38:52But it is a caiman.

39:01This is the process for me.

39:03This is understanding the process.

39:05I feel very honoured to have taken part in.

39:31The community, this cancer of food is significant.

39:36Yes, something important.

39:38I was thinking that I was going to get big and I was going to get small.

39:42But, little by little, we move forward.

39:46Tempeña, what do you think about Zero?

39:49Is he ready to be a catcher?

39:52He is always going to be a catcher very big.

39:56Catching more.

39:57And every time he is learning.

39:59So, he is still not finished in his studies.

40:04Yes.

40:04He needs to learn a little more.

40:09Okay, head is coming off.

40:23Why?

40:26Why?

40:27Why?

40:28Why?

40:29Why?

40:31Why?

40:40Why?

40:43Why?

40:45Why?

40:46Why?

40:49Why?

40:50Why?

40:51Why?

40:53Why?

40:54Why?

40:55Why?

40:56Why?

40:59Why?

41:04Why?

41:09There's certainly no time pressure because, as we've seen in all areas of life, the relationship

41:16with time is very different.

41:18But also, because this isn't a focused exam, it's far more long term, it's far more integrated

41:25within the whole culture of living here, and for this community it works extraordinarily

41:30well.

41:38I think life here isn't easy, it's tough.

41:44That said, there are a huge amount of positives.

41:52People have got far more time for each other, be that the less time pressure, be that every

42:00single meal is eaten as a family.

42:03It's happiness, it's peace, it's connection to our kids, it's love.

42:16And I think if I can incorporate that in some way, then I think my time here would have

42:21been well spent.

42:22Venti, thank you.

42:25Bye.

42:25Thank you very much.

42:27Thank you very much.

42:29Good luck with everything, right?

42:31I hope we'll see you in the future.

42:33Bye everyone.

42:34Bye個人.

42:38Bye.

42:48Bye.

42:48Sucking not blowing.

42:50Bye.

42:50Sucking not blowing.

42:54Bye.

42:54Don't know why I washed in the river.

42:56This is a shower here.

42:57I just can't wait to get my wet pants off at the moment, they're sticking to my bum.

43:02That said, we are drifting backwards down the river, so it's not a perfect scenario.

43:07Yes!

43:08Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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