Culture Shock (TV series)

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Culture Shock
Genre Travel
Starring Shenaz Treasurywala (host)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running timeone hour (approx. 0:42 per episode)
Release
Original network Travel Channel
Original release9 April 2007 (2007-04-09)

Culture Shock is an American travel show hosted by Shenaz Treasurywala on the Travel Channel. It premiered on Monday 9 April 2007 at 8pm ET/PT/7 pm CT. The program's self-described aim is to search out the "peculiar customs and bizarre traditions" of various cultures around the world. [1] The pilot was being developed for a 13 episode series before the show was canceled.

Episodes

#AirdateCountriesLocations visited
19 April 2007 India and Thailand Karni Mata rat temple, adherents of a Hindu sub-culture in Mumbai who vow to always stand, a "long neck" village of Karen people refugees from Myanmar, macaque "monkey feast" of Lopburi [ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. "Culture Shock". The Travel Channel . Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2007-04-15. Retrieved 2007-04-09.


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