1. Contemporary Traditional
Asmat Culture , part 1
" Who are the Asmat ? "
By ( Daisy Gerardo ) , ( Feb. 2 ,
2012 ) ( Per. 6 ) , 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 culture in the world

5. One traditional of the Asmat
is the piercing of the septum
of 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 . [:

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

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