Briannac
- 1. Contemporary Traditional Culture, part 2 " The Asmat Creation Story: Fumeripits creates People from Trees" By: Brianna Clemente, January 31,2012 Period 4, Culture and Geography油 Source: Caglayan, Ph.D., Emily, "The Asmat". In Helibrunn油 Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-, http://www.metromuseum.org/toah/hd/asma/hd_asma.htm油 ( October 2004); and Mr. Ruben Meza,2012
- 2. 油 According to Asmat tradition: " Fumeripits was the first being to exist on earth, and he also created the first men's ceremonial house called a jeu."
- 3. 油 Fumeripits would spend his days dancing along the beach, but after awhile grew tired of being alone.
- 4. 油 So he chopped down a number of trees carved them into human figures, and placed them inside the jeu.
- 5. 油 However, since the sculptures were inanimate, Fumeripits was still unhappy. He then油 decided to create a drum, and chopped down another tree, hollowed out the center, and stretched a piece of lizard skin over the top.
- 6. 油 As he began to play the drum, the human figures miraculously came to life, their elbows came unstuck from their knees, and they began to dance.
- 7. 油 This is how Fumeripits made people from trees. And the first people were Asmat.