Comtemporary Traditional Asmat Culture,part1who are the Asmat

By jiawen xu,1/28/12,per4,culture and geographysource:Mr.Ruben Meza,2012

The Asmat are an indigenous hunter culture in West Papua,Indonesia

West Papua is about 1/2 of a very large island just north of Australia in the South Pacific

The traditional Asmat are one of the last hunter gatherer cultures in the world

One traditional of the Asmat is the piercing of the septum of the nose

Another traditional of the Asmat is painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war

Traditional Asmat culture is truly

Sadly though,deforestation,colonization,and assimilation are deeply affecting the Asmat

Irreversibly,this is the ending of one of earth's last traditional hunter gatherer cultures.The modern world is

taking over the Asmat

Irreversibly,this is the ending of one of earth's last traditional hunter gatherer cultures.The modern world is

taking over the Asmat