There is much disagreement among the Asmat village. The most horrible is the means used to kill enemies Asmat tribe. when the enemy killed, his corpse was brought kekampung, then cut and distributed to all residents to eat together. they sing the song of death and beheaded him. brain dibunngkus sago leaves and roasted then eaten.
Now usually in a village inhabited by about 100 to 1000 people. every village had one single house, and many family homes. single house is used for ceremonial and religious ceremonies. family home occupied by two to three families, which has its own bathroom and kitchen.
Asmat tribe has particularly a very simple way untukmerias themselves. they just need a red earth to produce a red color. to produce the white color they make from shells that have been mashed. while they produce black warnah of wood charcoal are mashed. how to use is quite simple, just by mixing the ingredients with a little water, dye was able to use to color the body.in addition to culture, the villagers syuru also very good at making carvings such as Asmat tribe generally.
Asmat carving for the tribe could be a link between contemporary life with the life of the ancestors. residing in each carving the image and respect for their ancestors are loaded with greatness Asmat tribe.
Statues and carvings generally they make no sketches. for the Asmat tribe when menukir statue adlah moment where they communicate with the ancestors yag exist in another realm. It is possible because they know the three concepts of the world: AMAT ow capinmi (natural lifetime), Dampu ow campinmi (pesinggahan nature spirits of the dead), and Safar (heaven), believed before entering dusurga <spirits of the dead person would disturb humans. interference can be a disease, disaster and even war. Thus, in order to save mankind and redeem souls, they are still alive to make sculptures and statues mengelar party like a party bus (Bioskokombi), party masks, party boats, and party sago worm caterpillars.
It is said that the statue of the bus is the most sacred form of sculpture. but now make a statue for the Asmat tribe does not just meet the call of tradition. because the results were also carvings they sell to a stranger at a party while carving. they know the results of hand-carved high priced between Rp. 100 thousand to millions of dollars out of Papua.
Their livelihoods
Habits survive and find food among the tribe that one with the other tribes in the region-Mitak Citak District was almost the same. Asmat tribal land, tribal and ethnic mitak citak have a daily habit of making a living is separti hunt forest animals, snakes, cassowaries <bird <pig Hitan <dragons etc.. they also always meramuh / tap sago as a food staple and fishermen that fish and shrimp to eat. the lives of these three tribes were already changed.
