Worshipping Lady of the Holy Death; Instrumental Transcommunication; a pre-Hispanic ritual.

Rituales: Entre la vida y la muerte

Episode 8

Three people undergo extreme operations, techniques and actions to change their bodies.

In Mexico, a group of people born as men live as women; In Colombia, Gabriel turns into Paula.

A thanatologist faces death; people exposed to venomous animals; a photographer portrays mutilation.

Anthropophagy is a practice from dark times that still exists in the very heart of modern society.

People who contact their dead ones following rituals; burial ceremonies; mummification techniques.

Beauty can sometimes break social rules and simply cross all limits.

Bullfighting and its art; Argentine horseback riding competitions; cockfighting in Mexico.

Rituals centered on faith to solve problems; exorcism; Catemaco sorcerers; spiritual surgery.

A group of people try ayahuasca; an apprentice consumes peyote; an ill man uses medical cannabis.

Sports push humans to the limit of what their bodies can do; a mask turns people into fighters.

A Colombian man whips himself; Umbanda followers in Brazil; animal sacrifice.

Strange practices of various Latin American cultures.