[2] Since they live in the cold climate of the Andes, the Paez build their homes using brick, metal, cement, and wood.

"As a Paez Indian", the flogged tribal leader said, "I'm proud to have received this punishment because it is glorifying my race."

Stripping the one being punished of his clothing and dunking him in a cold mountain lake is another form of punishment—this was done to Senator Jesús Pinacue, a Paez who defied the community by supporting a political candidate in a presidential vote.

[3] Many Paez are agriculturists and common crops grown include potatoes, coffee, cassava, plantains, coca, and hemp.

In 2019 alone, 36 members of the tribe were murdered, and in July 2019 there were a reported 57 attacks on the Paez and other indigenous groups in Colombia.