Layers that are less dense, such as the crust<span>, float on layers</span> that are denser, such as the mantle. Both oceanic crust and continental crust are less thick than the mantle, but the marine crust is denser than continental crust. This is partly why the continents are at a higher elevation than the ocean floor.
The Tharu a village of Pipariya in Nepal has created an image of the Tharu as primitive and the backward to attract the tourists as a ride in the ox cart to convey the traditional past of the ethnic people and the tharu is represented as a cultural stereotype of the people in the hierarchy.