Contemporary Traditional Asmat

Culture,part 1"who are the Asmat?"

by(leslie Alvarado)1/24/12period.1 period culture and

geography Mr.Ruben 

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

West Papua is about 1/2 of a very large island just north of Australia in the south Pacific Ocean.

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

One tradition of the Asmat is the piercing of the septum of the nose.

Another traditional of the Asmat is painting the faces and body for ceremony and war.

Traditional Asmat culture is truly awesome they have amazing tattoos and piercings. 

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

Irreversibly,this is the ending of one of earths last traditional hunter gatherer cultures.The modern

worlds is taking over the Asmat.