Tabu may refer to:

Cultural and legal concepts

Taboo A taboo is a social group's ban, prohibition or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred or allowed only for certain people.''Encyclopædia Britannica ...

(spelled ''tabu'' in earlier historical records), something that is unacceptable in society *

Tapu (Polynesian culture) Tapu is a Polynesian traditional concept denoting something holy or sacred, with "spirituality, spiritual restriction" or "implied prohibition"; it involves Moral, rules and prohibitions. The English language, English word ''taboo'' derives from th ...

(also spelled ''tabu''), a Polynesian cultural concept from which the word taboo derives *

Tapu (Ottoman law) Tapu (also Tabu) was a permanent lease of state-owned arable land to a peasant family in the Ottoman Empire. The term was also used to indicate the title deed that certified tapu rights. In Palestine, the Turkish word "tapu" was pronounced "ta ...

(also tabu), a permanent lease of state-owned arable land to a peasant family in the Ottoman Empire *

Toubou people The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya, northeastern Niger, and northwestern Sudan. They live either as her ...

of Africa

People

Tabu (actress) Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi and Telugu films. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, she has often played troubled women, ...

(born 1971), Indian actress *

Tabu Ley Rochereau Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu (13 November 1940 – 30 November 2013), better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau, was a Congolese rumba singer and musician. He was the leader of ''Orchestre Afrisa International'', as well as one of Africa's most influe ...

(1937–2013), Congolese musician *

Tabu Taid Tabu Ram Taid known as ''Tabu Taid'', (1 August 1942 – 17 August 2019) was an Indian educationist, linguist, author and administrator. Early life and education Tabu Taid was born on 1 August 1942 in a geographically remote and economica ...

(born 1942), Indian educationist, writer and scholar * Tabu Abdallah, Burundian politician and former finance minister for

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

Film and television

* ''Tabu'' (1931 film), a 1931 award-winning film directed by F. W. Murnau * ''Tabu'' (2012 film), a 2012 Portuguese film * ''Tabu'' (TV series), a Finnish dark comedic show *Tabu the Jungle Wizard, a superpowered jungle hero comic book character created by

Fletcher Hanks Fletcher Hanks Sr. (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) was an American cartoonist from the Golden Age of Comic Books, who wrote and drew stories detailing the adventures of all-powerful, supernatural heroes and their elaborate punishments of t ...

Music

*''Tabu'', a 2017 album by

Timoteij Timoteij were a Swedish ethnopop group established in 2008. The group originally consisted of Cecilia Kallin, Bodil Bergström, Elina Thorsell, and Johanna Pettersson, all born in 1991. Pettersson left the group in 2014. History Timoteij part ...

*''Tabu'', a 2017 album by

Lana Jurčević Lana Jurčević (; born 7 November 1984), internationally better known as La Lana (pronounced ), is a Croatian pop singer. Her self-titled debut album was released in 2003, with all of the songs on the album written by Milana Vlaović. In her ear ...

*''Tabu'', a 2018 album by Michelle * "Tabú" (song), a 2019 song by Pablo Alborán and Ava Max *

Tabu Records Tabu Productions was an American record label founded by Clarence Avant in 1975. It focused on R&B and funk. History Avant founded the label after Sussex Records went out of business in June 1975. Tabu Record's flagship release, '' Stormin' ...

, an American record label founded in 1975 *

Tabu Records (Denmark) Suspekt is a Danish hip hop group. They are known for their dark, intense style, which has sometimes been described as horrorcore. The group consists of rappers Bai-D (Andreas Bai Duelund) and Orgi-E (Emil Simonsen), as well as producer Rune Rask. ...

, founded by the Danish group Suspekt in 1998 *

Tabu Recordings Tabu Recordings is an independent Norwegian record label founded in 2003 in Oslo. It is owned by Tuba Records, a major Scandinavian independent music distributor. The label focuses on releasing products from the Norwegian metal bands. Bands si ...

, an independent Norwegian record label founded in 2003

Other uses

Tabu search Tabu search (TS) is a metaheuristic search method employing local search methods used for mathematical optimization. It was created by Fred W. Glover in 1986 and formalized in 1989. Local (neighborhood) searches take a potential solution to a ...

, a mathematical optimization method *

Tabu by Dana Tabu by Dana is a women's fragrance created by French perfumer Jean Carles in 1931. Origins The House of Dana was a perfumery established in 1932 in Barcelona, Spain by lawyer Javier Serra. It was later headquartered in Paris. In 1940, it rel ...

, a perfume and cosmetics line from the 1930s manufactured by House of Dana

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People

Film and television

Music

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