It is made from the yuca or tapioca root . The women boil the tubers and then mash them with a large pestle. The women then chew the paste to mix it with saliva. The saliva helps with the fermentation process. They spit the softened paste into a trove where it ferments for a day or so.
Palm wood is used for the floors and the palm fronds are used for the roofs.
Generally houses have a larger central room in front with a couple of smaller rooms in the back for more privacy. There is a room for cooking and eating. The smoke that rises from the fire coats the thatch above with a residue that helps keep out the rain. All the houses are built on stilts a few feet above the forest floor. The river rises during the course of the year by as much as 36 feet.