1. Contemporary Traditional Asmat Culture, Part 1 "Who are the Asmat?" By William Lee, 1/24/12 Period1, culture and Geography Source: Mr.Ruben Meza, 2010

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

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

6. Another tradition of the Asmat painting the faces and body for both ceremony and war

7. Traditional Asmat culture is truly amazin g.

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