The Amazing Korowai Tribe Build a Treehouse - High in the Rainforests of Papua

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The Korowai live in one of the remotest parts of West Papua, accessible only by walking for many hours through leech infested swamps. Plagued by flies and mosquitoes, we have recorded in detail the last family still retaining the skills needed to build these remarkable treehouses. The origin of these buildings is unknown, but they provide a space to live above the swampy air of the forest, full of biting insects, and at a height most predators, including human, cannot reach. They are built rarely built these days, almost for fun, and most of their houses are on stilts, at around 3-4m off the ground, which is much more practical (which you can see at the start of the video). However, it is the high treehouses that have fascinated visitors to the region for several hundred years. A dying art, this may be the last one, as almost all Korowai have now settled into government provided housing in towns and villages along the banks of the many rivers that flow through the region. Getting this video through youtube censorship has been a huge challenge, The full version is available to channel members and is on Patreon it is here in exchange for a modest donation of $3 https://www.patreon.com/posts/korowai-full-130014265?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The Institute of Nomadic Architecture Founded by the UK architect, Gordon Clarke, we record some of the remotest and most endangered architectures on the planet. We are entirely privately funded and cannot do this without your help. You can support us via Patreon, where you can find additional private and early view videos, as well as more background information, or buy our book at the link below. Thank You! https://www.patreon.com/Nomad_Architecture https://paypal.me/NomadicArchitecture https://nomads.org/Books.html MUSIC: by Gordon Clarke.