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Ed Staffords Rite Of Passage S Episode 2 Engsub
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00:22I've never experienced anything even comparable in terms of pain.
00:29Every one of them has this thing worse than a scorpion.
00:38This is an extraordinary thing to put yourself through.
00:41Especially when in order to become a man in this community, you have to do it 20 times throughout your
00:46life.
00:47It's not a joke. If you move, you'll have to finish.
00:51It's a shame for us and for the people who are looking at it.
00:58I'm Ed Stafford. As an explorer and survivalist, I've made a career out of mucking about in the wild.
01:06If I'm honest, I've never really grown up.
01:08Look at that!
01:09So now, I've set myself a mission to see how cultures across the world navigate the messy business of becoming
01:23an adult.
01:26I believe many of us in the modern world have lost our sense of identity.
01:31But I'm hoping by immersing myself in the often extreme trials that young people face,
01:37I can figure out how these rituals make us better members of our communities.
01:42I've never experienced anything even comparable in terms of pain.
01:47By joining them on their journey, I hope I'll learn to become a better man.
01:55Maybe even grow up.
01:56It's pretty honest.
01:58Okay, he wants me to jump up. I'm gonna jump up.
02:00And successfully pass my own rite of passage.
02:13I'm heading deep into the Amazon jungle to visit a people called the Satare Maui.
02:19I'm on the final leg of my journey, a two-hour boat ride up the Amazon to reach their remote
02:24village.
02:27They live on the Andira River, 80 kilometers from the nearest city.
02:33This community has a unique rite of passage ceremony that involves them putting their hands in gloves full of bullet
02:39ants.
02:42The bullet ant of all insects has the most painful sting in the world.
02:58Hi.
03:00Hi.
03:01Hi.
03:01Hi.
03:01Hi.
03:05Hi.
03:06Hi.
03:07I'm João.
03:10Hi.
03:11Hi.
03:12I'm waiting for you.
03:17That all felt rather stiff, if I'm honest.
03:21The guys knew I was coming, but I think they were a little bit nervous.
03:25My name is Edi.
03:28My name is Adriana.
03:29Adriana?
03:29Yes.
03:32Let's face it, it's not every day that a camera and a man comes into their village
03:36wanting to partake in this ceremony.
03:38So I'm hoping that things relax a little as this day goes on.
03:55Here we go.
03:58Just been given a necklace and officially welcomed to the tribe.
04:02That is a good start.
04:03Obrigado.
04:14So I believe we're going to like the centre of the community.
04:20Not sure what my Portuguese is good but it's not amazing.
04:23I'm understanding the majority but not everything.
04:36In terms of sort of architecture, there's quite a lot of traditional houses
04:40and there's a lot of concrete structures as well.
04:46Despite their remote location, the community's position on the river
04:50means that they are open to the outside world
04:52and the modern influences that brings.
04:57And we're also happy because we're really going to see
05:01for centuries and centuries that we have the culture of the people of Sateremovet.
05:12Every time I stop, I keep getting bitten by ants but they're these tiny little ones
05:16and I'm trying not to react to them at all because obviously compared to bullet ants they're absolutely nothing
05:20and yet they're infuriating because they're biting at my ankles and these guys are starting to laugh
05:24and these guys are starting to laugh because I'm like literally picking these tiny little minute ants off my ankles.
05:28But they hurt.
05:30I might be in trouble.
05:32The centrepiece of the Sateremovet rite of passage is the incredibly painful tucandera ritual.
05:42Young men get stung by close to 100 bullet ants on each hand.
05:52And they have to do it at least 20 times.
06:02And one of those times is about to kick off.
06:06OK, so this is the central area where they conduct the ceremony.
06:19OK.
06:21My understanding of the ceremony today is that these guys are veterans.
06:25One of them has done it 34 times.
06:29It's all becoming a little bit real.
06:41It's been likened to walking on hot coals.
06:45Insect venom is scaled in terms of the pain from a one to a four.
06:51And the bullet ant is number four, which is obviously the highest level of pain.
06:55To put that into perspective, the sting of an average honeybee is generally just a two.
07:01It does something to the pain pathways within the body and stops the body combating that pain.
07:07So it keeps the pain pathways open longer than you would normally feel pain in any other situation in life.
07:16So I'm going to put that out.
07:32This is an extraordinary thing to put yourself through.
07:48From what I understand, it's the dancing and therefore the sweating that allows the toxins to disperse.
07:54And this is to help them manage the pain.
07:56I should때� раз divided against theimasht tranquility.
08:08So he gotta .
08:09As if he does it, he always asks.
08:12Many of them have no differences.
08:13Let's take the material.
08:13Yeah.
08:17Thanks.
08:26and now his hands are shaking badly
08:36you've literally got a veteran crying shaking trembling
08:43experiencing a level of pain that i know i have never felt in my life before
08:49it's scary
09:01this is the first time that i've seen him put it on a glove like this
09:09so the ants have all been sort of secured into this with their abdomen facing inwards
09:15and obviously the stings are on the abdomen and which is why it's on the inside
09:21quantos quantos ten aqui
09:23mais ou menos ninguém confere mas tem mais um com os mais 80 80 80 80 cada um
09:43teniko has been through the ritual more times than anybody else and he will be my mentor
10:17for the week
10:18he seems to help the young men throughout the emotional ordeal
10:27it's an extreme rite of passage
10:33so why do they do it
10:37When I was young, I was young.
10:45There we were young people.
10:49We did it.
11:08I mean this is an incredible number why have you done it so many times
11:23while there's no scientific evidence to show that repeated bullet and stings improve the immune
11:28system I can see how it could make the boys understand and manage pain much better is it
11:35okay with both of you that I take part in a ceremony in a few days
12:03I can't believe this is day one
12:07I feel like I've experienced so much already
12:13the truth is the auntie's been hooked I'm under no illusions just quite how painful this is going
12:19to be I've never experienced anything even comparable in terms of pain
12:42that was a pretty terrible first night of sleep
12:48the bullet and ritual is still playing on my mind
12:55it's a mix of emotions it's a blender of butterflies and knives and all sorts of things going around my
13:01chest I feel like the next few days are vital for me to nuance exactly my approach to how I'm
13:09going to
13:09conduct myself during the ceremony but it's occupying every part of my being right now
13:17I'm so aware of something coming that is enormous absolutely enormous I guess my spidey senses were
13:27tingling as a morning storm quickly engulfs the area so while we wait for it to pass Adriana asked me
13:34to help prepare some food for their meals
13:37for their meals
13:50for me is a carbohydrate made of money or crude and is a staple part of the amazonian diet when
13:59there is no fish or meat to eat
14:02it's quite flamboyant isn't it is it always the women that do this kind of job
14:10I see it's a no em
14:16I feel like I'm happy to make the flour because when he comes to the house we have the flour
14:21ready for our family
14:25okay we're done yes
14:32it's a pronta family excellent
14:40golden nuggets of pure joy
14:46I took the moment with Adriana to find out what she thinks about the rite of passage
15:01how painful do you think it is for the man
15:21I guess this ritual is basically the big equalizer
15:29yeah you didn't want him to do it initially and you've now decided that you do want him to do
15:34it why why have you changed your mind
15:42yeah I think if a 12 year old can do it I'm hoping that at 49 years old I can
16:01I can do it as well
16:14I am touched by Adriana's promise to help me through the ceremony at this point with the bullet and ritual
16:20any four days away I'm gonna take all the help I can get to overcome the pain
16:38okay
16:41and we walk
16:43it's a
16:44yeah
16:46yeah
16:46yeah
16:48jose is helping to teach me the steps needed during a right as a way to help deal with the
16:54pain
16:58you think that would be easy wouldn't it
17:03it's because it ends on a right foot
17:07and then it starts with the right foot
17:10and so I'm like I wanted to left foot
17:23I know it's not complicated but that's quite imbalanced
17:30I'm not really renowned for my dancing
17:34I think I've got it
17:43you were really stamping hard was there a reason for that
18:12I've watched him almost come apart you know
18:16Tears streaming down his face, body convulsing and shaking.
18:21Obviously, it's somewhat intimidating, to say the least.
18:27There's no rules or expectations surrounding crying.
18:47There is no hiding the fact that this is going to be extraordinarily more powerful than anything I would have
18:53ever felt through my nervous system before.
18:58I'm aware that my mind state will make all the difference.
19:02I think I just need to reset, recharge. Sleep will give me the resilience that I need.
19:15Morning. And traditional preparations are in full swing for tomorrow's rite of passage.
19:53The whole thing is making the gloves sort of making it at home.
19:58Yeah. That's right.
20:06To make the back more, you do this.
20:12Here.
20:13Here.
20:13Can you tighten that?
20:15Yes.
20:17The access to the right.
20:21Here.
20:24So what I'm doing is cutting the little strips that end up being woven together in order to make the
20:29inner gloves,
20:30the ones that the ants are actually woven into.
20:38The outer gloves are permanent and they're held within the village hall.
20:51Gloves woven, the boys' night also need to get ourselves prepared, and it's suddenly all becoming very real.
20:58And it takes the paint.
21:02And it takes the paint, and it doesn't work.
21:04It's like a little.
21:04It's like a little.
21:07So, they're moving on the ritual.
21:13How long will they stay on the body?
21:167 days.
21:19The boys being painted will do the right with me.
21:23The boys being painted will do the right with me.
21:26because my grandfather said that
21:30to be anything we want, we have to go through this.
21:36Uh-huh.
21:37Tiniko's grandson, Esau, is 12 years old.
21:41And like me, he's doing the bullet ant ritual for the first time.
21:47I'm going to put my hand in my hand to be a great pescator.
21:54And when I put my hand in my hand, I want to be a pescator.
22:01It means a lot in my life.
22:05Are you nervous about doing it for the first time?
22:07Yes.
22:09It's my first time. It means a lot to me.
22:11I can see it in your eyes.
22:15There's all kinds of things, right?
22:18Mm-hmm.
22:19Mm-hmm.
22:36I see your mom or your dad giving you any last-minute advice.
22:39They gave me that they didn't want to cry on the bed and scream.
22:45Because it makes the cantor sick.
22:51She can only cry when she's already without the bed.
22:59Okay?
23:01Yes.
23:02Okay?
23:05Thank you very much.
23:05Thank you very much.
23:10My body is ready.
23:11And for the first time, I'm starting to feel more confident about the rite of passage.
23:17But Taniko's asked to meet.
23:21I wanted to explain how the pain of the tucanus is, how she does, how she processes her.
23:33When she attacks a lot, like José was here, it hurts the chest.
23:40It's dry.
23:41It's dry.
23:42It's dry.
23:43It's dry.
23:43It's dry.
23:53It's dry.
24:20In terms of the order of the ceremony,
24:22Jose indicated to me that the reason he was in so much pain
24:26was because he went first.
24:28Obviously, I'm only going to do this once in my life.
24:31Would it be okay if I went first?
24:59That's it. There's no backing down now.
25:02I just hope I don't live to regret it.
25:12It's my last meal with the family.
25:16And Adriana has made sure we're all well fed for the ceremony.
25:26But it also feels a bit like a condemned man's final meal.
25:31It's hot.
25:35It's hot.
25:37It's hot.
25:39It's hot.
25:41Isai, how do you feel tomorrow?
25:46Now that I'm getting more anxious, it's tomorrow.
25:52I'm going to put my hand on the first time.
25:57And the Lord?
25:59I'm ready.
26:01I think so.
26:03I think so.
26:05I think so.
26:20And it may well be the last time in my life
26:23that I ever experienced that sensation.
26:25So I want to experience it.
26:27I want to relish in it.
26:28I want to revel in it.
26:30I want to explore it.
26:34And dare I say it,
26:35I don't want it to be over.
26:42It's the day of my rite of passage.
26:47And it wouldn't be much of a ceremony without the star of the event.
26:51Chiniko is blowing a musical instrument at the front,
26:55which is part of the ceremony in terms of attracting the ants
27:01and drawing them out of their home.
27:15The tobacco smoke and rubbing of the tree aggravates the ants
27:19and drives them out of their nest, ready to sting.
27:34Wow, that's quite a lot on the pole.
27:40There's a lot of ants going into this tube.
27:44A huge amount.
27:46Every one of them has a sting considerably worse than a scorpion.
27:56Back in the village,
27:58while the boys and I steal our nerves,
28:02Tiniko sedates the ants using leaves from the tapabera plant.
28:24It's a skillful art, and Tiniko must work fast to weave the ants into the gloves before they wake up.
28:47This is it. The sedative has worn off, and the ants are ready to attack anything and anyone that goes
28:53near them.
28:55Undeniably, there's this surge of energy that is rising in my body.
29:06It's kind of a mesh of excitement and elation and fear.
29:20I think, actually, in my life, the closest I've come to this is a boxing match.
29:25You know, somewhere where there's nowhere to hide.
29:27Somewhere where, if you mess up, it's going to be very visible to a lot of people.
29:43Once the gloves go on, I'll be entering a world of pain that I've never felt before.
29:50So the ants are going into the gloves now, being tied up.
29:54And there will be nothing I can do to stop it for over 12 hours.
30:05So, like this is 1 to 1.
30:09It will hurt.
30:10It one will hurt, but...
30:13Go.
30:17It will hurt you, but...
30:18It's okay.
30:20It will hurt you.
30:21You'll pull it back off.
30:24The loops are going.
30:27Go.
30:36oh
30:59I may look composed but the pain is excruciating, somehow it's almost making me feel high, I'm
31:10charged with adrenaline and completely focused on the dance, the repetitive steps are giving
31:21me something to focus on but the searing pain is like nothing I've ever felt before.
31:56To be continued...
32:25I've never experienced anything to this intensity
32:29in my physicality, literally like my hands are on fire,
32:35right in the heart of a fire.
32:37I've never experienced anything to this fight,
32:59but I've never experienced anything to this fight.
33:05I've never experienced anything to this fight.
33:06I've never experienced anything to this fight.
33:14If you were to spiral into a panic with this level of pain,
33:21it would be awful.
33:28It would be then unmanageable by definition.
33:45If it's this hard for me, a grown man,
33:48I have no idea how the boys are going to cope.
33:51Let them react well.
33:54Come.
33:54Let the heads go.
33:56Let them go.
34:02I got the gas you're on fire gut.
34:13Let them be safe and hot.
34:16The fire is going to get the ham usa.
34:22Now it's all about
34:24withstanding the incredible pain.
34:31Taniko warned me there would be intense peaks to this pain.
34:37It feels like I'm hitting the first of these now.
34:41I guess this is now the phase where there's no abatement.
34:44The pain is, if anything, it's growing slightly.
34:50If anything, it's getting more painful and it's managing that.
35:37An hour after the ritual and the pain is only increasing.
35:43The decision is made to move us to the village hall so that we can be closely monitored.
36:03It's as close to as unbearable as I can contemplate right now.
36:13What an extraordinary way of facilitating them to turn from young boys into adults.
36:24A little bit of panic that the pain is still as bad as it is.
36:29That I'm just trying to calm within myself.
36:38This is kind of the darkest part for me now.
36:52As I put my hand in the gloves first and for a longer time, I received more venom.
36:58Now, I'm struggling to cope, and my team are concerned.
37:02Hello, Eiji.
37:04Hello, Eiji.
37:06How are you?
37:06How are you?
37:11Well, I'll focus on the van.
37:15I'm going to focus your gestures.
37:15Let's see your family.
37:32Yes.
37:32Yes.
37:32For the demas and the inclamation.
37:39It's been four hours that I don't have peace, so I'm concerned about it.
37:46Okay.
37:49So my concern was that he was entering a situation of dehydration,
37:54which is common in this moment of exposure,
37:56and by the ritual itself, and the toxin itself.
38:11After taking in fluids and being carefully monitored by the doctor,
38:16I am finally back on my feet.
38:19But the pain was way more traumatic than I had ever anticipated.
38:25It's kind of changed from burning fire
38:30to have been smashed with a sledgehammer.
38:39In the dance, I just sort of found myself next to another guy
38:43whose hands were completely messed up,
38:45so that we couldn't kind of link arms.
38:49And this quite young girl called Fran came up and linked arms.
38:55There was just something so special about the fact that she'd noticed
39:00and that she cared enough.
39:03I think their role is vital, absolutely vital.
39:07And it's funny, isn't it, you go through all that pain,
39:10and the thing that makes you close to tears
39:13is the care that you've been presented with and offered.
39:26Adriana, I mean, literally constantly helping me,
39:30feeding me, binding my hands.
39:33I think so.
39:42You're a little bit more than I have to do this.
39:49I'm sorry, Heidi.
39:51I'm sorry, Heidi.
39:51I'm sorry for your hands.
39:52I'm sorry.
39:55I'm sorry for your hands.
39:57I'm sorry for your hands.
40:05I have never been presented with so much care and love, and I would never have got through
40:11that ceremony if it wasn't for you all.
40:13I'll never forget it.
40:20I will remember.
40:30Thank you very much.
40:35It's very good, you and Eric, to save our culture, to lead us forward.
40:45It's very good what we are doing here.
40:50I don't have a lot of words, but I thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart,
40:56and my family that is united here.
41:01I think, I came here thinking that this ceremony was all going to be about proving how tough
41:08I was, you know, proving how I could do this on my own, and it's not true, is it?
41:17It's not true of the ceremony, but it's also not true in general.
41:19It's like, you don't have to do it all on your own.
41:23You can let people in.
41:27You can let them help you.
41:33It's beautiful.
41:35It's absolutely beautiful.
41:38It's beautiful.
41:53It's absolutely beautiful.
42:18It's beautiful.
42:21It's beautiful.
42:23Thank you very much.
42:26Thank you very much.
42:27Thank you very much.
42:29Thank you very much.
42:42And maybe we'll see you in the future.
42:46I've been fighting my whole life, fighting to prove that I'm tough enough to survive on
42:51my own, and the inherent epiphany of last night seemed to be that you don't have to.
42:57You can come into a village and seven days later they're calling you part of their family
43:01and giving you so much love and support that you're reduced to tears.
43:05I mean, I don't know of many things in life more powerful than that really.
43:20It sounds like a cartoon anvil falling from the sky.
43:40you
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