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Trail 5 - Clothes and Jewellery
| Rainforest people have a vast knowledge of how to use rainforest plants - almost everything that they use in everyday life comes from the rainforest, including dyes, hammocks, clothes, jewellery, poisons for hunting, face paints, spears, blowpipes, nets, drinks and rope.
Can you think of the type of clothes that might be worn by rainforest people?
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"Because of the hot, humid climate, most tropical rainforest people wear very little! Often we wear strips of cloth or string tied around our waists."
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Many rainforest people also wear BODY PAINT. They use special colours and patterns to show important stages in their lives. They believe that it helps them to get in touch with the spirits. For ceremonial occasions, body paint is accompanied by body ornaments, feathers and headdresses to make elaborate costumes. |
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