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Contemporary Traditional Asmat Culture, part 1
"Who are the Asmat?"
By(Reyna Provencio, 1/24/12 period 1 Culture and Geography Source:Mr.Ruben Meza, 2012
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 pierceing of the septum of the nose.
another tradition of the asmat is painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war.
traditional asmat culture is truly uniqe.
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
world is taking over the asmat.