The Asmat are an indigenous hunter-gatherer culture living in West Papua, Indonesia, which makes up half of the island north of Australia; they are one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer cultures in the world, with traditions including nose piercing and face/body painting for ceremonies and war, but deforestation, colonization, and assimilation are seriously threatening their traditional way of life and culture.

1. contemporary traditional asmat culture,part 1 "who are the asmat?" by Andres Sanchez,1/31/12 Source;Mr. Ruben meza,2012

2. The Asmat are 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. 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 of the nose.

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

7. Traditional Asmat culture is truly cool because there traditions are amazing.

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

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