Contemporary Traditional Asmat Culture, part 1

"Who are the Asmat?"

By(Reyna Provencio, 1/24/12 period 1 Culture and Geography Source:Mr.Ruben Meza, 2012

The Asmat are an indigenous hunter gatherer culture in West Papua, indonesia.

west papua is about 1/2 of a very large island just north of australia in the south pacific ocean

the traditional asmat are one of the last hunter gatherer cultures in the world

one tradition of the asmat is the pierceing of the septum of the nose.

another tradition of the asmat is painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war.

traditional asmat culture is truly uniqe.

sadly though deforestation,colonization,and assimilation are deeply affecting the asmat.

irreversibly this is the ending of one of earths last traditional hunter gatherer cultures. the modern

world is taking over the asmat.