A BBC star has opened up about the intense physical reaction he had when he smothered a goat to death. After more than 10 years away from the airwaves, filmmaker and activist Bruce Parry has returned for a reboot of his hugely popular BBC series Tribe. In the nostalgic show, the adventurer, 55, documents himself living with Indigenous communities across the world.
Now the former Royal Marine is set to embark on three journeys to the most remote corners of the world. In the series, the explorer pays a visit to three indigenous communities in Colombia, Angola, and Indonesia. For weeks at a time, Bruce adapts their customs, takes part in their rituals and even sleeps in cow dung.
He insisted: “I don’t want to be a guest; I want to be like a family member.” During his stay in the Namib Desert of Angola, the star lives with the Mucubal – a semi-nomadic people recovering from years of civil war, and his initiation into their world wasn’t an easy one. To prove himself, Bruce must take part in an age-old ritual – killing a goat with his bare hands as the use of a weapon was deemed deeply disrespectful.
Reflecting on the horrific act, he confessed: “I really didn’t want to do this. As program makers, we’re not out looking for this. But it was culturally expected.
” Behind the scenes, Bruce’s panic set in when his grip loosens mid-act. He remembered: “I realised I was prolonging the process because I wasn’t concentrating. I had to make it respectful for the peo.
