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.
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.