Contemporary Traditional Asmat Culture ,Part 1 "Who are the Asmat?''

Georgina Chavez , January 31 2012Period 8th Culture and Geography

Mr.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 piercing 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 boring and not amazing.

 

Sadly Though, deforestation, colonization and assimilate 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.