Festival Hunter:
Exploring how the most fascinating cultures celebrate
Whether it’s the remote African tribe that rejoices the harvest season while covered in mud and dancing through fire, or it’s the 3000 Hindus pulling a giant chariot through town while pelting it with bananas; our planet is truly alive with diverse and fascinating cultures celebrating in ways beyond the imagination.
Join host, the Festival Hunter Taron Hall, as he seeks out the planet's most remote and extraordinary celebrations and festivals. Prepare to be shocked, to laugh, and be fully entertained while gaining an understanding of these little-known cultures through immersion in their festive worlds.
With his highly adventurous nature and infectious good humor, Taron wins the hearts of the locals he meets to get leads and invites to otherwise unknown festivals. Alone or with new acquaintances, Taron explores the meanings of their often bizarre customs as well as their exceptional dance, music, and peculiar food and drink that make them so unique. Never too shy to try something obscure and unfamiliar, and always ready to surprise the locals and make them laugh, Taron partakes in anything and everything involved in these spirited festivities.
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To find these hidden gems, Festival Hunter goes off the map and deep into some of the planets wildest places. Taron travels by any means at his disposal; hitching on cattle carts, bartering for fuel, befriending children to lead him to a village chief, and any other ingenious or spontaneous ideas that may get him to his specified destination. Overcoming the unforeseen challenges and perils that accompany trekking through these largely undeveloped lands is often as fascinating as the destination itself.
Immersion in these cultures’ celebrations shows a fascinating variety of how different cultures treat each other, how they treat a complete stranger, what they value and believe, and what is to them considered entertaining, fun, exciting and beautiful. The episodes also reveal the friendly, positive and hospitable aspects of people from what are often misunderstood nations. Festival Hunter’s global expedition through this captivating world of colorful celebrations enlightens and entertains by sharing an intimate portrait of humanity with its guard let down.
Bun Bang Fai Festival,
Pakson Village, Southern Laos
In this preview of Festival Hunter, host Taron Hall rides his rented rickety scooter deep into little farming villages on a search for the Rocket Festival . Facing a definite language barrier, Taron finds himself being offered more whisky than directions.
One Man, One Camera – and a World of Cultures celebrating like we've never seen before!
For the past 10 years, Taron Hall has explored the world quite differently than the typical traveler. Stumbling upon thoughtful forms of transportation, he finds himself magnetized to the much less explored and more challenging routes, seeking out and befriending our planets most unfamiliar cultures.
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