1. Contemporary Traditional Asmat
Culture ,part One .
"WHO ARE THE ASMAT"
By:Emily Chagolla.
Period 1.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 very large island just north of
Australia in South Pacific Ocean .

4. The traditional Asmat are one of the last hunters gatherers
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 the face paintings and also
the body for both ceremony and war.

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

8. Another tradition of the Asmat culture is truly cool and
beautiful.

9. Irreversibly,this is the ending of one of earths last traditional
hunter gatherers cultures.The modern world is taking me
over the Asmat .

10. Irreversibly,this is the ending of one of earths last traditional
hunter gatherers cultures.The modern world is taking me
over the Asmat .