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Who are the Asmat? Anna Ching Period 1 culture and geography Source:Mr.Ruben Meza,2012
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The Asmat are indigenous hunter gatherer culture in West papua,Indonesia.
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The West Papua is about half of a very large island just north of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean.
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The traditional Asmat are one of the last hunter gatherer cultures in the world.
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One tradition of the Asmat is the piercing of the septum of the nose.
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Another tradition of the Asmat painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war.
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Traditional Asmat culture is truly freaky with the piercing on the nose.
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Sadly though,deforestation, colonization and assimilation are deeply effecting The Asmat.
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Irreversibly,this is the ending of one of earth's last traditional hunter gatherer cultures. The modern world is taking over The Asmat.