Do people wear rubber boots alot in Brazil?

Question

I saw an article in National Geographic and it showed almost everybody wearing rubber boots in Columbia. Since Brazil is really close and shares much of the same climate, why do people wear rubber boots everywhere there? It looks really hot, so how can you stand wearing those in a hot, steamy environment?

Answer 1

COLOMBIA! COLOMBIA!

Anyway, iy depends where in Colombia you are talking about. The cities in the Andes are cold, like tha capital city, Bogotá, are cold the hole year.

Answer 2

Most people don’t wear rubber boots much where I live in Brazil except for workers in certain industrial settings. There they often receive the boots as part of their safety equipment or uniform. It is real common with clean up guys and in the slaughter houses.

Answer 3

People like wearing:

Flip flops

Running shoes

or Conservative leather shoes in Sao Paulo