1. Comtempoarary Traditional Asmat Culture , part 1 "Who are the Asmat?"

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

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

4. The Traditional Asmat are one of the last hunter gatherer cultures in the world.

5. One Tradition of the Asmat is the piercing of the septum on the nose.

6. Another tradition of the Asmat is painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war.

7. Traditional Asmat culture is truly interesting to be studying about because i love their home.

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

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