The Asmat are an indigenous hunter-gatherer people living in West Papua, Indonesia, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer cultures in the world. They have traditions such as nose piercing and face/body painting for ceremonies and war. However, deforestation, colonization, and assimilation are negatively impacting Asmat culture, as the modern world replaces their traditional way of life.

1. Contemporary Traditional Asmat Culture, part 1 "Who are the Asmat?" By Codey Ho, 1/24/12 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 a very large island just north of Australia in the South Pacific.

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

5. One tradition of the Asmat is 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 amazing

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.

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