contemporary traditional Asmat culture, part 2

''The Asmat creation story: Fumeripits creates people

from Tree''

By(julia munoz),( ),period 6, culture and Geography

According to Asmat tradition ''fumeripits was the frist being to exist on earth,and he also created the frist men's ceremonial house

''Fumeripits would spend his days dancing along the beach, but after a while grew tired of being alone.''

''so he chopped down a number of tress, carved them into human figures,and placed them inside the jeu.''

''However, since the sculptures were inanimate, Fumeripits was still unhappy. he the decided to create a drum,and another tree,hollowed out the center,and streched a piece of lizard skin over the top.''

''As he began to play the drum, thehumans figures miraculously came to life, their elbows came unstuck from their knees,and they began to dance.''

This is how Fumeripits made people from trees.And the frist people were Asmat.