Who are the Asmat?                           Anna Ching                Period 1 culture and geography               Source:Mr.Ruben Meza,2012

 

The Asmat are indigenous hunter gatherer culture in West papua,Indonesia.

 

The West Papua is about half 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 tradition of the Asmat painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war.

 

Traditional Asmat culture is truly freaky with the piercing on the nose.

 

Sadly though,deforestation, colonization and assimilation are deeply effecting The Asmat. 

 

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