Mountain:

Living in the mountains can be hard. At higher altitudes, air is thinner, which means it has less
oxygen, and that makes breathing harder. Mountain weather is cool and windy. Most modern
conveniences are far away. So are supplies, which must be carried long distances up the slopes.
Despite these challenges, people around the world have worked and lived in mountainous
areas for centuries. Often, they make their living farming, fishing, or herding. Terrace or step
farming is done on slopes of hills to grow rice, maize, and tea depending on the height of the
region they are living. Orchards of fruits like apples, peaches, pears, plums, etc., are common.
People also rear animals like sheep and cows for wool and milk. Fruits, wool and handicrafts are
sent all over the country from these regions.

Houses in the mountains usually have sloping roofs to prevent the rainwater and snow from
collecting. Some houses are made of wood and some of common building materials like cement
bricks, stones etc. People living in the mountains wear clothes which keep them warm in the
cold weather, mostly thick and heavy coats made of leather and wool.

Rain forest:
A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rain forest
peoples have only the raw materials from the forest itself which they use to make shelter,
clothing, and tools. The jungle also provides food and transportation. Over many centuries, rain
forest natives learned to use the forest to meet all their needs. The river is very important to
the lives of the people. They use rivers for washing clothes, bathing, fishing for food, and for
cooking. Since there are no roads in the forest, the rivers are the main ways to get places.

Tribal people’s houses are generally communal structures made from wood, bamboo, and
straw. Sometimes these round huts can accommodate up to 400 people! Each family has its
own fire within these structures, and hammocks strung up around it. In the center, there is an
area that is used for feasts and displays.

Agriculture and hunting are still crucial skills that are taught to children from an early age.
Capybaras, tapirs, crocodiles, monkeys, deer, fish, and turtles are all fair games and are hunted
with blowguns, poison-tipped arrows, spears, traps, and more recently guns. These people live
a very simple life making handicrafts such as wood carvings, seed necklaces, simple dolls, flutes,
baskets, and miniature blow guns.

Clothing varies from tribe to tribe – the uncontacted tribes are often naked, while the tribes
that engage in some way in the modern world either wear loincloths, straw skirts or sometimes
even western clothing. Tribal face paint is also worn either as a sign of aggression to scare away
enemies, camouflage, or sometimes for religious reasons.