Keepers of tradition across Indonesia know that their crafts embody oral knowledge and see that replacement with consumer goods diminishes indigenous culture. This series tells the life stories of those maintaining their textile arts, showing
Only recently discovered in the 1970s, the Korowai Tribe of Papua in Indonesia live in the jungles of West Papua, dwell in treehouses and continue to use stone tools. Since making contact with the western
Kristoffer Hughes embarks on a journey deep into the Indonesian jungle to meet those who live with the dead for years and a tribe who re-erect the bodies of loved ones.
Coconut is considered a nutrient bomb, healthy, easy to digest and a real fitness booster. There is currently a real hype surrounding coconuts, the superfood. The demand for coconut products is huge. And the producers
Celebrity Nadja Benaissa, a German singer, is looking forward to the challenge of starting a journey for our host Klaas. The only thing she knows at the beginning of the trip is that she has
Grayson Perry explores the landmark events in all of our lives – birth, coming of age, marriage and death – and tries to reinvent them for our modern secular age. He’ll be travelling the world
Thilo meets a poacher in Indonesia who catches slow lorises and then sells them to feed his family. He goes with him in search of the lorises.
In 1998, wildlife enthusiast and photographer Chris Packham met a hunter-gatherer tribe called Orang Rimba in remote Sumatra. 20 years later, he goes in search of the same tribe to search for the girl whose
A biologist and adventurer, Hazen Audel, embarks on a challenging solo sea-faring mission, based on a traditional ocean voyage to remote fishing grounds undertaken by Bajau nomads.
