1. Contemporary Traditional
Asmat Culture, part1
"Who are the Asmat?"
By Shu Guan, 01-31-2012,
Period4, Culture and
Geography
Source: Mr. Ruben Meza, 2012

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

3. West Papua is about 1/2 of a very 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 traditional Asmat is the piercing of the septum of
the nose.

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

7. Traditional Asmat culture is truly gatherer cultures in the
world.

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

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

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