Craft From Asmat

Asmat is a tribe in Papua. Asmat tribe known as the result of a unique wood carvings. Asmat population is divided into two, namely those living in coastal areas and those living in the hinterland. Both populations are mutually different from each other in dialect, way of life, social structure and ritual. Coastal populations further divided into two parts, namely Bisman tribe that lies between the river and river Sinesty Nin and spare Shimei.

Asmat is a true artist. Wood sculpture handicrafts they recognized internationally as a high-class works of art. This art blood flow in kehiduan accidentally because of their daily use of equipment associated with the timber. This tribe inhabits Flamingo Bay area and Cook Inlet, on the southwest coastal region of Papua.

Most of this area is still a dense forest area that has not been encroached upon humans. Yet the fate of a true artist can not escape the attention of the international world. In the late sixties, the Asmat carvers receive assistance from the UN for efforts to maintain the sustainability of their sculpture. In the town of Agat you can visit the museum featuring a collection of wooden sculpture and the results of their craft.

The equipment normally used by the sculptor asat Tribe consists of stone axes, animal teeth and shells. While untik smooth fault, they use pig tusks, teeth of certain fish and oysters.

Some of the Asmat tribe inhabiting areas far from the coast, build a house on the tops of trees, about 30 meters above ground level. In fact, some are still living in nomadic.

 

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Olahraga Tradisional

Indonesia merupakan daerah yang kaya. Kaya sumber daya alam, jumlah penduduk yang banyak, wilayah yang luas, budaya dan beragam serta keragaman lainnya. Namun demikian sampai dengan saat ini Negara kita belum bisa berbicara banyak di kancah internasional. Dulu kita dianggap sebagai macan asia, namun sekarang wibawanya sudah menurun. Jangankan di mata dunia, dikawasan asia tenggara saja kita sudah kurang dihirmati.

Namun demikian bukan berarti kita harus berkecil hati, namun kita harus tetap bangga dengan negara kita termasuk budaya kita yang memiliki nilai seni yang tinggi. Hanya kita lah yang bisa memajukan negara kita dan bukanlah orang lain. Salah satu warisan leluhur kita adalah Olahraga Tradisional. Bagi generasi muda sekarang ini yang sudah lebih mengenal geme online mungkin tidak tahu beberapa permaian tradisional kita. Oleh karena itu berikut saya sajikan beberapa olahraga tradisional kita yaitu:

1. Benteng 
2. Congklak
3. Egrang 
4. Galah Asin
5. Gasing
6. Langga
7. Karapan Sapi
8. Main Hadang
9. Manggurebe
10. Maunti
11. Pacu Jalur
12. Pathol
13. Pencak Silat
14. Perisaian
15. Patok Lele
16. Sampyong
17. Sebanting
18. Sepak takraw
19. Serimbang
20. Zawo-zawo
21. Geudeu-geude  

 Nah itulah sebagian permaian atau olahraga tradisional masyarakat Indonesia yang saya rangkum dari wikipedia. kalo anda tau yang lain silahkan tambahkan di kotak komentar.