THE VOICE OF WEST PAPUA NEW GUINEA OF MELANESIA ... THIS IS NEW GUINEA ISLAND OF THE ASMAT PEOPLE INDENTITY OURSELVES STRONGLY WITH OUR NATURAL SURROUNDING, SUCH AS WATER AND TREES. PAPUAN -ASMAT PEOPLE EVEN CALL OURSELVES TREE PEOPLE. AN ENVIRONMENT OF BRACKISH MARSHLAND CONTINUALLY FLOODED BY TIDAL WATERS MEANS THAT THE ONLY TOOLS WE CAN PRODUCE ARE WOODS OR FROM THE BONES OF NATIVE ANIMALS. UNDERSTANDBLY, WOODS IS CRITICAL TO OUR VERY EXISTENCE, AND WOODCRAVING HAS COME TO BE THE MOST FASCINATING ASPECT OF OUR NEW GUINEA ISLAND OF ASMAT CULTURE. THE POWER AND VALOR OF MAN IS YET ANOTHER MAIN THEME DOMINATING THE ASMAT ART OF WOODCARVING. THE ASMAT HAVE A PROPENSITY FOR MAKING OUR POSSESSION WITH SYSMBOLS WHICH INDICATE OUR STATUS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. FOR INSTANCE A MAN WOULD ADOM HIS NOSE WITH TWO SWINE-TUSK FASTENED TOGETHER(BI-PANE). FURTHERMORE, THE ASMAT ARE MORE FAMOUS FOR THE VARIETY OF THEIR CEREMONIES AND RITUALS. AN EXAMPLE IS THE FEAST OF ANCESTOR POLES (MBIS). THE ANCESTOR POLES ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE MAGICAL POWER, GIVING STRENGTH, FERTILITY AND PROTECTION TO THE PEOPLE. THERE IS ALSO THE INITIATION RITUAL OF YOUNG MEN, CELEBRATED BY CARVING SOULBOATS(WURAMON) AND MORE ... AND MORE .... BUT CRIMINAL TERRORISTS ILLEGAL REGIMES OF NKRI - INDOS ... AS ROBBERIES-THIEVES HAVE COME TO DESTROYING, STOLLEN AND KILLING THROUGH THE SOCIAL CULTURAL MORTGAGED PROGRAM SYSTEMATICALLY WITHIN THE ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURAL OF PEOPLE LIFE PERIODICALLY IN SHORT, MIDDLE AND LONG TERMS TIME TO COME ...OVER 55 YEARS BY NOW ... PEACE ... VIVA MAY ALMIGHTY ONE GOD THROUGH KING JESUS CHRIST BLESS WEST PAPUA NEW GUINEA OF MELANESIA ...OPM-INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR WEST PAPUA-THANKS.youtu.be/7Rdxuoj0Cgs THANKS.
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