Adhering to Prohibitive Taboos Manvir Singh

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 1:47 p.m.

b'Why do religious leaders abstain from some pleasures? In episode 83, Manvir Singh discusses his research into why shaman healers among the a group of people off the coast of Indonesia observe costly prohibitions, such abstinence or food restrictions, especially given that they could exploit their position for self-serving ends instead.'