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Houses
Purí made shelters by tying a stick to two trees. Then they laid palm fronds on the stick and covered them with more leaves. Most people slept on ashes from their campfires. Occasionally some would sleep in hammocks that were made of embauba fiber. During the night they would always have a fire burning not only for warmth but in order to keep the mosquitos away.

Clothing and Jewelry
By the time they were first documented, Purí men had adopted the clothing of the Europeans, although nakedness among the Aborigines was common. Women wore skirts that they handmade. Men wore bracelets and headdresses made of feathers. Men and women wore necklaces made from seeds and animal teeth. Younger women would bind their features taking strips of bark from trees and putting it around their ankles, legs, under their knees and wrists. These strips of bark were used to thin out their features and would remain until she was married. Some people would shave their head. They removed all body hair. They painted red and black dots in linear shapes on their bodies. Children were often covered with black dots all over their bodies.

Transportation
The Purí did not have a specific mode of transportation because they lived among the trees and mountains and had no rivers. The women would travel by foot using big baskets to carry items. Children would either ride on their mother's hip in slings made of bark, or carried on their mother's back by a hanging net.

Cycle of life
When the women are pregnant, her and her husband survive solely on fish and fruit. The baby is delivered in a part of the forest that is hidden from moonlight because it is said to be harmful to the baby. A few days after the birth, a Shaman performed a cleaning ceremony on the mother and the baby using tobacco smoke. The children are nursed by the mothers for the first 4-5 years of life. Men were usually married by the age of 18. Girls were usually married by the age of 12. For the wedding ceremony they presented fruit to the brides family and played games. In order for the marriage to happen it had to be accepted by the brides family. The newlyweds lived with either the husband's or the wife's family. It was uncommon to have multiple wives as women often outnumbered the men. Most separations were blamed on the wives not acting right. The Purí gave speeches at funeral to honor and respect the dead. They believed the soul went to a part of the woods where they would feast on game and sapucaia trees. Here they believed the soul would be happy.

Religion and Shamans
The Purí believed that the souls of those who were not buried by the rights and customs of the people who be appear as ghosts in the form of animals such lizards. jaguars, caimans, deer or men with deer shaped feet. Shamans would talk to the souls of the dead about the end result of important times like trips or war. Souls would be called upon by the shaman for the strategies or location of the other attacking tribe. They believed sickness could be healed using steam produced by hot rocks.