a new home when he finishes his last home on thursday night. it's going to the newseum in washington. the end of a dynasty, anderson. >> thanks, gary. that does it for us. "anthony bourdain: parts "anthony bourdain: parts unknown" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com when i was kid, my grandparents teach that there are some people who live in madagascar before. they were very little people and they live in forests and they respect their environment. but then comes many people from other countries, from africa,

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>> over the years i've let a lot of extraordinary landscapes recede into a blur outside my windows. i've looked, maybe seen, maybe noticed, then gone. we all carry different experiences inside us. we see things differently, don't we? madagascar -- exotic, unspoiled paradise or microcosm for the end of times. antananarivo, tana for short, madagascar's crowded, chaotic capital city.

>> how are you doing, man? base camp. >> wow, that's quite a rain. ♪ i don't know. i'm not sure if i can be in front of the camera. >> just ignore them. >> i'm so used to like controlling everything. >> darren aronofsky, director of the films "pi," "requiem for a dream," "the wrestler," "black swan," and as it would turn out sort of appropriate to our location, "noah." he asked me if he could go along on a trip with us. i said where do you want to go? >> so madagascar. i knew almost nothing about it. i knew it was an animated film that i've seen many times in my life. >> i guess it's one of the more extreme, distant places that you hear about that you know you'll never go to unless something weirdly summons you.

and you're sort of that weird force. >> we're on an island in the indian ocean. >> right. >> with this amazing ethnic mix. incredible landscape. something like 80% of the animals here don't exist anywhere else. >> what does it mean when an ecosystem goes out of balance? what is the blowback? here, you can see the blowback. the people have been chopping down the forests, and so you don't have soil anymore, and you can't grow anything anymore. it's a really [ muted ] situation. there we go. there we go. >> important questions for just getting to know each other. you are a vegetarian. >> yes. and it just sort of happened with the release of "noah." in scripture he is a vegetarian, as was adam and eve. humans weren't given permission to eat the animals until after the flood. >> all right. well, we'll see who's doing better at the end of these 13 days. little social experiment here.

♪ >> madagascar was settled best we can tell around 700 a.d. by people from what is now indonesia, later by africans. ♪ in 1895 the french took it, killed off a substantial number of people in the process, and as they do left behind beautiful buildings and the french language. when independence came in 1960, it was sudden and ill prepared for. continuing political incompetence has left most of madagascar's 22 million people living on less than $2 a day. >> do you know this place? have you been here? >> yes. wednesday, saturday, to go out,

before going to nightclub, go to look's. >> first meal in country and i suggested this place. i thought it would be perfect, darren being a vegetarian and all. this is what you call being passive aggressive, i think. >> so what's good here? >> pork. >> right. >> pork, my favorite vegetable. >> just the head of the pork. >> sounds good. >> yeah. >> i'm not going to have look's. i'm going to go just with vegetables. >> oh. >> beans and -- >> oh. >> you don't want to taste it? >> i'm not going to taste pig head, not today. this is going to be fun. the torture of darren. >> you have the look's, always take it with beans. >> rossi, the famous musician here, is after a period out of favor with the previous

government back home and elected to parliament. >> the leaves are from -- >> oh, great. there you go. that's excellent. >> so these days what are the big issues that are not being taken care of? >> poverty. and not enough education. we are very rich, you know. we have oil. but our political leaders most of the time are crook. >> how much does the environmental issues matter to the people? it's just about survival. >> they don't care. the international community, they've paid a lot of money to protect the forest. you protect the monkey. you don't protect the people. i eat the monkey. if i'm hungry, i eat them. they don't care about the world is going more and more war. >> climate change. >> okay.

you are going to die, yes? okay. you're going to die. that's life. for them, just normal. >> a lot of people feel that the future should be ecotourism, that you should be working in hotels and restaurants for tourists. >> yeah. >> that's kind of a return to colonialism, isn't it? >> that's it, exactly. no artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, preservatives, and no artificial smiles. because clean dressings, taste better. panera. food as it should be.

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♪ tell me what you think of this. >> i'm looking forward to this. it's a very famous dish, goose. >> goose and shredded meat. >> very cool. >> there's always someplace where the flame is kept burning, history kept alive however faintly. >> this is the stuffing. >> these days in madagascar's capital city it's left to mariette. >> the epitome of the cooking representative of this region is the way mariette cooks it.

♪ [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ you are, you are like a sweet perfect bloom ♪ >> during the colonial period, mariette was a frequent culinary ambassador. ♪ you are, you are like the sun on my skin ♪ >> harry belafonte. >> the go-to chef for visiting presidents and royalty. >> president. >> a success story. her mansion high atop hauteville, the former neighborhood of choice for aristocrats and colonizers alike. ♪ and i'll know

though semi-retired, mariette continues to entertain guests from time to time. >> so this is broth with chicken and ginger. >> these dishes marry mostly disappeared malagasy royal cuisine with the techniques and training of classical french. >> so moisten the rice with the broth? >> exactly. with the broth. >> wow. look at this. >> this is a vegetable lasa. it's one of the side dishes. like a salad. >> cauliflower, carrot. >> mm-hmm. string beans. most malagas don't eat meat at every meal because it's expensive. most would eat rice broth with vegetables and that's meat once a week. >> i'd do fine. >> yeah, you'd do fine. absolutely.

>> this is a country that is very rich in natural resources. >> madagascar, we have a lot of things that a lot of people want. for example, the trafficking of rosewood, prospecting for oil for gas and then don't leave anything for the rest of the country. this is an island paradise. >> and it's disappearing very, very quickly. >> a lot of our forests are being burned down. because people don't have land on which to grow their crops. >> the best case scenario that everybody seems to raise is that ecotourism will save the day. the local people will be what, cleaning rooms, cooking, and performing traditional ethnic dances. >> yeah, absolutely. >> to me, this is not an ideal option. and we see it -- >> what's an ideal option, though? ♪

>> heading south from tana, it's a very different country out there where rice is the difference between life and death. ♪ between the traditional slash and burn agriculture that's existed here since this island was first settled and the imperative of charcoal as heat source, 90% of the forests and jungles that covered madagascar are gone.

♪ >> anything? >> not yet. they're very elusive. they're very difficult to see. >> thanks largely to the work of dr. patricia wright, over 40,000 hectares of forest have been set aside and protected with the creation of ranomafana national park. her recently completed research station is a state-of-the-art complex that reminds one of that cynical spielberg franchise, what was it -- jurassic -- jurassic merch? >> there he is. he's right next to me. can you see him? >> oh, wow. >> really right next to me.

hello. >> the area provides essential habitat for the golden bamboo lemur. a species dr. wright discovered here in 1986 and the greater bamboo lemur, previously thought extinct. >> there's only 500 of these in the world, in the whole wild. >> wow. what's the biggest pressure on their population? >> slash and burn agriculture. some places they're hunted. here he is. look at it. oh, beautiful. it's so nice. oh. >> whoa. >> he's pissing on you. he's taking a leak right now. >> let's hope it's not an editorial statement. >> i can't watch. >> hopefully that's not an editorial statement. ♪ >> look. this is the kind of bamboo shoot that the lemurs love. it's full of protein, and it's full of cyanide. >> the cyanide not a problem for

them? >> they can tolerate all kinds of cyanide. the cyanide comes straight through in the poop. >> do they know how they get it through their system? >> we're working on that. >> okay. what is the dew on the outside of it? just dew? >> careful. >> oh, don't touch. >> how is your finger feeling? >> it felt a little sharp but like a fuzzy sharpness. but didn't -- >> yeah, fuzzy sharpness. you just wait a bit. >> yeah, it's like fiberglass. >> are you serious? >> it's just like fiberglass actually. >> it will leave tiny, tiny little -- >> if i lick my finger am i going to die? >> probably. >> are you serious? can it go through the skin now that i've touched it? >> no. you have to eat it. >> hopes for "black swan 2: the revenge" were dashed today when -- >> one right above you. >> has the film "madagascar" been good for the lemur business?

>> there you go. >> i think the cartoon really woke up the world to the fact that there was a place called madagascar, although many people think that it doesn't really exist. >> so what do you think happens? how hard is it to maintain the forests? >> it's incredibly hard. you know, we've been working with the villagers around the park, and i think they really do understand the value of these extraordinary lemurs and the extraordinary value of the forests. the economic value of tourism is tremendous for this country.

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♪ the boundaries of ranomafana park protect what they can of madagascar's rapidly diminishing rainforest, but it's not all about lemurs and rare species and unspoiled beautiful places. >> these are the tenella people. these are the people of the forest. this is the fifth time they've had to change the location of the village because they do slash and burn agriculture. this ceremony today is a ceremony today is a ceremony to celebrate the fact that 17 people from the village of umbartalahe are going to donate their land to conservation.

it won't be cut down. ♪ >> before the tenalla land can officially become a part of the park, the gods, the ancestors, somebody must be appeased and that, as it often does, means something must die. >> seen this a lot? >> i usually don't go when this is happening. ♪ >> wow. >> for someone with as dark a world view, judging from his films anyway, as the newly vegetarian aronofsky, he seems unusually uncomfortable with the

bleeding realities of local custom. >> do you see him? >> preferring instead to trip the light fantastic in the rainforest idyll. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] ♪

♪ ♪ >> how do you make the argument that it is in your interest to protect an area of forest when the forest means fuel, food? >> what we've had to do, of course, is make their lives better in exchange. health projects, education projects, tourism. many of the people work as tour guides. they work in the hotels. they have work. they didn't have any work when i got here, but also the benefits of researchers. we hire 85 people full-time. the director of the national park, where's your village that

you lived in here when you were a little girl? so that's on one side of the park. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. it's time to party. ♪ dr. wright worked hard to establish ranomafana park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human pressures on the area.

♪ this, however, is the face of human pressure, just so we're clear. ♪ >> okay. take care, guys. ♪ >> we're right on the edge of the park. >> wow. >> and right on the edge, literally, is where they built the power lines and where they're slashing and burning. we were trying for landscapes like this in "noah." >> sort of a cormac mccarthy post-apocalyptic wasteland thing going on, right? >> "the road."

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♪ what were they welding on? >> oil pan. >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> most of madagascar's french-built rail network has

crumbled into nothingness, but this train still runs. >> look how it's painted. >> it's first class. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> we ride in style. how old is this train? [ horn ] wow, it works. >> oil pan worked. >> i hope that's not a pitying look i see on some of their faces. they're all looking at us like -- ♪ >> it's 163 kilometers to the

one-time major port town of manakara. it's both the greatest thing ever, meaning a fantastically scenic immersion into parts of madagascar that most visitors never get to see, and an at times punishing crawl. for the majority of the 17 station stops along the line, this train provides the only connection to the outside world. people hop off and on, load and unload fruit, lychees, bananas. for the few foreigners on board. watch. >> can we get some peanuts? thank you. >> and there are vendors selling food and drink, which is increasingly a necessity since the supposed eight-hour trip is said to sometimes approach 18. ♪

>> all right. so we got a shaker. we got an umbrella, champagne. you let the train pour for you. >> right. >> this is the lychee. >> oh, that smells good. >> yeah. >> darren woke early and hit the hotel kitchen to make the necessary lychee puree for festive cocktails. >> wait, wait, wait. all righty. >> oh, yes. it's not bad. it's not bad at all. >> okay. it's a nice summery drink. >> the lychee makes it. >> the lychee makes it, yes. >> what are we calling this? the golden lemur would be good. >> the golden lemur.

♪ >> flashes of everyday life, the struggle to live, to eat, viewed from a moving train, then gone. ♪ >> and it's plumes of different areas of madagascar burning everywhere you can see. >> after seven hours or so -- >> we're coming into a town. >> -- the imperatives of food, any food, become more urgent. >> this is it. this is the food stop.

i am starving. >> i am so with you. look, this kid is wearing a banana like a yarmulke. >> the wonderland of fresh papaya salads along with tasty train station treats we were told would be here, well, it's somewhat suboptimal. >> little did i know there would be a feeding frenzy. there's no papaya salad. everything's gone. here are some bananas. >> yeah, a few of those. >> a few of those. merci. >> we get what we can. >> that is what it seemed. >> it's pretty insane. >> it's hard to complain about the lack of food options if you look around. >> lots of kids. want some? >> thanks. >> yeah, it's hard. ♪

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this is what it's like to wake up at the end of the world. beyond here to the east nothing but thousands of miles of indian ocean. ♪ morning, and fishermen return with their catch. ♪

>> you felt how wobbly that boat was coming over? >> yes. >> imagine going out into the serious chop of that thing and fishing. >> manakara was a major port back in the day, a major transportation hub, but now it's a sleepy beach town. that is a disturbingly large spider. i would be unhappy if i saw that coming across my pillow. dude, it's a chicken. or a rooster. >> talking about spiders and that chicken comes out. >> i tell you, that lobster is smelling good. >> no, they're disgusting. they're like giant insects walking -- and what do they eat? what do they eat? >> corpses. dead things. right. >> you are such a debbie downer. you are such a downer. ♪

>> you were born here. and your parents are from here. >> from here. he's a fisherman. >> how far out do they go out? >> about 50 miles. sometimes -- >> he goes out 50 miles in a little canoe? >> yes. every day, every day. >> awesome. >> this is typical dish. green leaves, eggplants, some spices, then the zibu meat. >> it should be pointed out we bought a lot of food. this sort of spread is not an everyday meal in these parts. >> there's your veggie platter. there you go, man. >> now we have a piece of a shark. he says that before 2000 more fishes, but since then -- >> smaller fish? >> yes and the quantity smaller. >> that's a papaya salad.

>> it's one of those days where the artifice of making television threatens to move dangerously into cruelty. >> what are you guys eating over here? >> who gets to eat and when becomes a pressing concern to the two of us. >> can we get the kids eating? can we hand out the food? >> in a local village like this first ladies serve the men. >> right. >> then the kids eat later. because it's like a custom. >> it may not be our system, but it's a system. >> the kids are getting ready for theirs over there. >> and it becomes clear that, yes, everybody will eat. ♪ >> there we go. come to daddy. that's good dude. you picked a bad time to become a vegetarian. you really did. that food is amazing. there are some really good cooks at work here today. i mean really amazing.

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♪ hallelujah. >> hallelujah. >> hallelujah!

hallelujah, praise the lord! >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> you are blessed today. amen. hallelujah. >> hallelujah. >> the book of revelations say what if ever we do god can see and he take not. [ speaking foreign language ]. i will destroy the city because all of the people are sinner. amen. >> amen. >> hallelujah. >> hallelujah. [ speaking foreign language ]. hallelujah! >> the camera is a liar. it shows everything. it shows nothing. it reveals only what we want. often what we see is seen only from a window, moving past and then gone.

one window, my window. if you'd been here, chances are you would have seen things differently. ♪ >> whoa! >> you've lived it now. looking back, if you were editing this show, how would you tell this story? >> this is it. this is the food stop. i'm starving. >> i am so with you. >> that is quite a scene. >> lots of kids. >> want that?

>> this is really [ muted ]. >> you always want a simple answer to everything to make it all make sense, and it seems to, i don't know -- it's just constantly surprising. >> what can you see everywhere you go? in the office, in the market? people are sin, making sin. >> as a kid i always wondered if i was good enough to get on the ark, so i always sort of empathized with the people who didn't make it. >> god make all the animals come inside the big ship and all of the people are dead. but lot's family are saved. it is our ship. >> god decides to destroy creation ten generations after he created everything, so it

must have hurt tremendously. >> good will choose us like he choose noah. he said noah, he brought the ark. he will save us too. hallelujah! >> hallelujah! ♪ >> pray for madagascar. pray for yourself. pray for your family. pray. ♪ ♪ god will save madagascar. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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