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New World Voodoo Video African slaves brought voodoo with them to Venezuela centuries ago. But even today, thousands of Catholics flock to a mountainside each year to practice what is really an offshoot from their mix of beliefs.Video Sections

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- Cactus Drug - For psychological relief, some Peruvians may turn to a "drug journey" that includes hallucinations. But they don't experience the drug alone.
- Drug Tourists - For millennia, indigenous groups here have used plant hallucinogens in an ancient form of healing. But can powerful drugs used as sacraments be taken by tourists, with the same mystical effects?
- Galápagos - The Galápagos Islands are home to animals and plants found nowhere else on earth. The volcanoes that created the islands even help keep life going.
- Gauchos - The gaucho is more than just a cowboy. This Argentine way of life has existed for three centuries.
- Initiation With Ants - In this remote Amazonian village, becoming an adult means sticking your hand into a swarm of angry, stinging giant ants.
- Machu Picchu - Explore breathtaking Machu Picchu, the lost Incan city in Peru.
- Men Fighting - This Bolivian festival pits village against village to determine who will have the best harvest.
- New World Voodoo - African slaves brought voodoo with them to Venezuela centuries ago. But even today, thousands of Catholics flock to a mountainside each year to practice what is really an offshoot from their mix of beliefs.
- Orinoco - Home to anacondas, the Orinoco river slithers through Venezuela, sustaining an amazing array of creatures, including the world's largest rodent.
- Paraguayan Shaman - Search for a cure to cancer, migraines, and diabetes in the rapidly deteriorating rain forests of Paraguay.
- Realm of the Puma - In the Chilean Andes, the puma has yet to learn that hunting for sheep can make her the hunted.
- Rio Beach - Travel to Rio de Janeiro, where the mountains touch the beach, and find out what Brazilians are doing to preserve their precious coastline.
- Salt Cathedral - Go deep into Colombia's Zipaquirá Mountain to find a Catholic cathedral carved out of the salt deposits of an abandoned mine.
- Santeria - Santeria was brought to the New World by African slaves. They believe their deities are living things, with the same needs as other beings. But each one has the power to bring good luck...or misfortune.
- Umbanda Religion - In Brazil, requests to kill a husband and remove a curse are all part of a unique religion.
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