1. Contemporary Traditional
Asmat Culture,part 2
"The Asmat Creation Story: Fumeripits creates
People from Trees"
By:Brittney Clemente 01/31/2112
period:4 Cultures and Geography
Source:Caglayan, Ph. D., Emily. "The Asmat". In Heillbrunn
Timeline of Art History. New York:The Metropolitan Museum
of
Art,2000-,http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd_asma.htm(Oct
ober 2004);and Mr Ruben Mez,2012

2. According to the tradition: "Fumeripits was the
first being to exist on earth,and he also created
the first men's ceremonial house[called]a jeu."

3. "Fumeripits would spend his days dancing along
the beach,but after awhile he grew tired of being
alone."

4. "So he chopped down number of trees,carved
them into human figures and placed them
inside the jeu."

5. However since the sculptures were inaimate,
Fumeripits was still unhappy. He then decided
to create a drum, and chopped down anither
tree, hollowed out the center, and stretched

6. "A he began to play the drum, the human
figures miraculously came to life,their elbows
came unstuck from their knees,and they began
to dance."

7. This is how Fumeripits made people from tree.
And the first people were Asmat.