Tabu may refer to:

Cultural and legal concepts

Taboo A taboo or tabu 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, sacred, or allowed only for certain persons.''Encyclopædia Britannic ...

(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 " spiritual restriction" or "implied prohibition"; it involves rules and prohibitions. The English word ''taboo'' derives from this later meaning and dates from Capta ...

(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 "tabu" ...

(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 and northeastern Niger. They live either as herders and nomads or a ...

of Africa

People

Tabu (actress) Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), credited as Tabu, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Telugu, Tamil and English films. Regarded as one of the most accomplished actresses in Hindi cinema, she has of ...

(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 leading African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the leader of ''Orchestre Afrisa Internatio ...

(1937–2013), Congolese musician * Tabu Taid (born 1942), Indian educationist, writer and scholar * Tabu Abdallah, Burundian politician and former finance minister for

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...

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 ...

Music

*''Tabu'', a 2017 album by

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

*''Tabu'', a 2017 album by Lana Jurčević *''Tabu'', a 2018 album by

Michelle Michelle may refer to: People * Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael * Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle" * Michelle (German singer) * Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottis ...

* "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. The label, Tabu Records, focused on R&B and funk. Founding Avant founded the label after Sussex Records went out of business in June 1975. Tabu Record's flagship ...

, 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 Ra ...

, 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 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 prob ...

, a mathematical optimization method * Tabu by Dana, a perfume and cosmetics line from the 1930s manufactured by House of Dana

Cultural and legal concepts

People

Film and television

Music

Other uses

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