Asmat Art.

Asmat is a tribe that inhabited the region of Papua in Irian Jaya, East Indonesia. Asmat population is divided into two, namely those living in coastal areas and those living in the hinterland. Both of these populations differ from each other in dialect, way of life, social structure and ritual.

Asmat tribe with spear and shield them 

The next coastal population is divided into two parts namely Bisman tribes located between the river and the river Sinesty Nin and Shimei tribes. Some Asmat inhabiting areas far from the coast, building a house on the tops of the trees, about 30 meters above ground level. In fact, some are still nomadic life.

Traditional clothes. 

Asmat save a lot of unique art. They have their own traditional dresses that we are familiar with Koteka. Koteka pumpkin is made of leather. The shape is long and narrow. Serves to cover the reproductive organs of men. So also with penis gourds for her, both as his shirtless and wearing a skirt made of dried plant roots to cover the reproductive organs.

Climate in Papua are very hot and they just use penis gourds. Maybe this is what causes black Asmat. In addition to wearing Koteka, Asmat also clever makeup or dye their bodies by using natural ingredients that simple. To get the color red, they use red soil mixed with water. So even if you want to get the white color, they are made of white shells are crushed and then mixed with water.

Sculpture / carving. 

Variety of Asmat art is mostly done sculpture / carving.
Art objects Asmat carvings interesting results are the shields, poles mbis (sculpture bus / ancestors), and drums. In each image resides carving and appreciation for their ancestors is loaded with greatness Asmat. So at each Asmat carving work always contains a message to appreciate his ancestors implicitly conveyed through symbols in the carving motifs.

One of the central Asmat make wood carving

Sculpture and carving generally they have freely sketch . For Asmat , when the sculpture is the moment in which they communicate with ancestors who exist in another world . This is possible because they know the world's three concepts : Amat ow capinmi ( natural life now ) , Dampu ow campinmi ( natural stopover dead spirits ) , and Safar ( heaven ) .

Some wood carving by Asmat.

The tribe believes that before entering heaven, the spirits of the dead would interfere with humans. Interference can be a disease, disaster, and even war. Thus, in order to save mankind, and redeem the souls, those who are still alive to make sculptures and statues held a party like the party bus (Bioskokombi), party mask, party boats, and party sago worms. It is said that the statue of a bus is the most sacred form of sculpture.
Asmat carving has four meanings and functions, respectively:
1. Symbolizes the presence of ancestral spirits;
2. To express feelings of sadness and happy;
3. As a symbol of trust with a pattern of humans, animals, plants and other objects;
4. As the epitome of beauty and a picture memory of ancestors.
Assorted colors of Asmat art style based on the shape and color can be classified into four areas:
          a) The symbolic ornate carvings are also on the end of the canoe, on the back of the boat,
       Datung boat, wall drums, the spearhead, arrowhead, etc..
b ) Asmat Art Style Northwest ( Northwest Asmat ) Shield in this group with a tapered bottom that is rather broad and usually more dense than the other shields . Clearly separate the head from the other sections and shaped head turtles or fish . Sometimes there are pictures on the clod ancestors , while ornament shaped body parts fly ferrets , frogs , birds head horns , snakes , etc. .
c) East Asmat art style (Citak) Specificity of the art in this group seem to form a shield decoration which is usually very large, sometimes up to a high exceeding the Asmat people standing upright. Parts of it are not clearly separated from the body of the shield and are often filled with black stripes or red and white dots are given.
d) The art style Asmat Shield Brazza River area in this group almost as large and tall with a group of Asmat shields in the East. The head is also usually separate from the body. Although the motive sikulengan often used for decoration shield, commonly used motifs are geometric motifs, circles, spirals, elbows, etc..
Asmat carving is very popular to foreign countries. Many tourists who admire the Asmat art. Asmat carvings understand that they have a high selling price. Therefore, many results carvings they sell. Usually the price range of a hundred tribu start up with millions of dollars.
Asmat is a true artist. Wood sculpture crafts they recognized internationally as a high-class works of art. The art of blood flow with no purpose because in their daily lives using the equipment associated with wood. This tribe inhabited the Flamingo Bay and Cook Inlet, in the southwest coastal region of Papua.
Modern life does not reach this area until the last few years. Much of this region is still a dense forest areas that have not been encroached upon humans. Yet the fate of the true artist does not escape the attention of the international community. At the end of the sixties, the Asmat carvers receive assistance from the United Nations for the sake of maintaining the sustainability of their sculpture.
In Agat city you can visit the museum that displays a collection of wooden sculptures and the results of their craft.
The equipment normally used by the Asmat carvers made up of stone axes, animal teeth and shells. As for smoothing the fault, they use pig tusks, teeth of certain fish and oysters.
The symbols (emblem) believed / use of them;
a. Symbol man and birds on the boat.
Asmat people used to make carvings on the boat end uses. The symbolic carvings of humans and birds.
Human shaped carvings represent deceased family. They believe that the deceased will be happy to note, and go wherever the boat and its passengers will always protects.
Carvings of birds and other flying animals are considered a symbol of the brave in battle and bird emblem is also used as a symbol of headhunting, especially birds or animals fly dark-colored or black.
b. Garnish
For the headdress, using symbols cassowary or couscous. Dyed red around her eyes like the eyes of a black parrot when I'm angry. Forehead ornament made of possum skin is a symbol of the mighty head-hunters.
c. Tree
The person calling himself Asmat Asmat-ow, which means the human tree. The tree is a very noble thing in view of the Asmat people. In their view, the tree is man and man is the tree. The root of the tree represents a human, the human body is the trunk, the branches are human hand, and the leaves are a human head. All the assumption that it has a fundamental reason. Malignant state of the natural environment, swampy and muddy cause trees or timber to be important for the life of the Asmat people.
d. Sago
Sago in addition be used as feed by the Asmat people, sago also have the special meaning of its own for the Asmat. Sago described as a woman. A trusted by the Asmat life out of the sago tree as life out of the womb of a mother.
Confidence.
The Asmat believe that death is coming unless the age is too old or too young, is caused by a malicious act, either of magic or violence. Confidence they demand vengeance for his dead victims. Ancestral spirits, to whom they dedicate themselves, represented in spectacular wood carving canoes, shields, wooden poles carved human figures. Until the end of the 20s century, the Asmat youth meet their obligations and devotion to fellow members, to the ancestors and to prove masculinity by bringing the head of an enemy, and offer the body to eat other family members in the village.
Productive tools.
Asmat people already have the equipment and how to survive. They already have the ability to make their own nets made of woven sago leaves. The nets used to catch fish in the river estuary. The trick was a simple one, namely by throwing nets into the ocean to then pulled together. This job is not easy because there is mud in estuaries are very numerous and burdensome in net withdrawals. Therefore, nets tethered only at high tide and then withdrawn at low tide.
To make a work of art, Asmat people also recognize certain tools that are deliberately used to make carvings. Simple tools such as stone axes, animal teeth and shell snails that can be used by wow-ipits to carve. Stone ax is a very valuable thing for the Asmat so ax that can only be obtained through the exchange of goods that are named according to their ancestral name, usually the name of his maternal grandmother. With the influx of outside influences, Asmat people are now using an iron ax and iron chisel. Replaced snail skin with a knife. To smooth the skin and cut still use snail.

Transport equipment and accessories.

Asmat society recognize canoe as a means of transportation. Boat building formerly used for the preparation of an assault and headhunting head. When it has finished, the boat attempted to the place of the enemy with the intention of provoking the enemy and lure the enemy in order to be ready to fight atmosphere. In addition, the canoes are also used for transporting foodstuffs and search. Every 5 years, the Asmat people making new boats. Although the Asmat region is rich in various types of wood, but they choose the type of boat building a special timber that amount is not so much. Wood used is yellow (ti), ketapan, bitanggur or similar milk timber called yerak. Once the tree is selected, harvested, peeled and sharpened at both ends, the rods have been ready to be taken to the boat building.
To make the boat takes about 5 weeks. The process of making the boat from stem to form carved and painted finishes include several stages. First, the rods were still rough and crooked straightened. After the inside excavated, crushed with a snail shell, as well as the outside. The bottom of the boat so that the boat be lightly burned and pace of the course. The face of a boat called cicemen, carved to resemble a bird or other animal symbol headhunting head. Or human carvings symbolizing deceased brother. The boat then named after the deceased brother. The length of the boat reaches 15-20 meters. After all the engravings made on the boat then the boat in the paint. The inside is painted white, the exterior painted in white and red. After the boat was decorated with sago leaves. Before use, all boats must be formalized through the ceremony. There are 2 kinds of boats are commonly used, namely a boat belonging to a family that is not too large and contains 2-5 people with 4-7 meters long. While the usual clan boat load between 20-20 people to 10-20 meters long. The paddle is made of durable wood, such as wood or metal timber forest nutmeg. Because used while standing, the Asmat people very long paddle size. These objects must be owned by every person Asmat because many residential areas surrounded by marshes.

Livelihood systems. 

Livelihoods of people living in coastal areas are Asmat sago gathering, hunting small animals, (which is the biggest boar), and search for fish in the river, lake, or seashore. They are also sometimes planted fruits and plant roots. Sometimes they also deliberately planted in small gardens are simple in the middle of the woods. Upstream Asmat people who live in areas that no longer the sago tree, is more dependent on their gardens. In the past, the Asmat people live in forests, settled in one place for a few months, then moved for a new place when the material surrounding the food has been reduced. Living in the forest means to live freely, then it is this which makes them sometimes back into the woods, leaving the village that has been provided. On Monday, they usually go into the woods and back to the village on Saturday. Most of the time is spent in the forest by establishing a large house, which is called the bivouac.

Shelter and housing. 

Single house Asmat 

According to tradition the Asmat people, in a village there are 2 kinds of buildings, which house flunky and family home. The house flunky (je) occupied by young men who are not married and should not be entered by women and children. The house consists of one room is built on wooden poles with a length of 30-60 meters and a width of about 10 meters. This house used to plan a party, war, and peace. In his spare time, this house used to tell tales of the ancestors sacred. Each clan has its own house flunky.

Asmat family was at home Family 

While the family home, usually inhabited by a nuclear family consisting of a father, a wife or a couple, and their children. Each wife has a kitchen, doors, and stairs alone. Five years, these houses are renewed by men. Housing is built to resemble a house on stilts, about one and a half meters from the ground. Roofs made of woven sago leaves, gaba-gaba sago form walls, and floors covered with mats made of sago leaves as well. Then, in the regular forest Asmat people setting up such a large house, called bivouac. Bivouac is a temporary shelter for the Asmat people when they are in search of food in the forest.

Language. 

The languages ​​that use the Asmat including language groups by linguistic experts called the Language of the Southern Division, southern languages ​​of Irian Jaya. This language never studied and classified by CL Voorhoeve (1965) into phyla languages ​​Irian (Papua) Non-Melanesian.

Weapons. 

Asmat shields used by people to protect themselves from enemy arrows and spears in battle. Pattern engraving on the shield symbolizes virility. These weapons are made from the roots of mangrove trees or large wood and soft light. Spear the Asmat people are made of hard wood such as ironwood or sago bark.
Eventually those sharp equipped with a cover made from a bird's beak or nails cassowary.

Jewelry .

Asmat people also have some type of jewelry worn in everyday life . Like most people , the Asmat decorated to beautify themselves , respectively . As per belief , they are decorated with the usual self as resembling a bird . Such as white spots on the body that is identified in birds .
For the headdress , their use of cassowary feathers or couscous . Dyed red around her eyes like the eyes of a black parrot when I'm angry . Forehead ornament is made of possum skin , the emblem of the mighty head -hunters . Nose ornaments made ​​out of some kind of sea snail , or sometimes made ​​from human bones or pork bones . Ladies earrings made ​​from possum fur . Canine teeth to be used as a necklace strung neck trimmer .
To get those teeth, the dog was not killed, but wait until the dog died. Therefore, the canine teeth are considered high for them, and often used as a dowry (pomerem) for the family of the woman

Art Music. 

Asmat people have a special musical instrument commonly used in important ceremonies. Musical instruments used by the Asmat is drum stick made of wood trunks in holed. Elongated rounded shape similar to a drum. Sculptured drums or animal-shaped pattern of sacred ancestors. On the surface of the drums are carved, depicting symbols taken from the statue of Bis. Bus sculpture is sculpture that is considered sacred by the Asmat. The statue depicts such a bus from family members who have died. At the top is wrapped with leather and lizard skin, tied with rattan fireproof. Tifa usually named according to the person who has died. The usual drums carved and sculpted by local ipits-wow. Tifa is usually played to accompany traditional dances Asmat, ie dance or Tobe called Dance War.

Dance. 

Asmat People often do a certain dance movements while sacred ceremony takes place. The presence of erotic movements and dynamic performed by men and women in front of the house flunky (Je) in order mbis ceremony. Tobe dance often played when there is such a traditional ceremony. This dance is performed by 16 dancers male and 2 female dancers. With the movement of jumping or jumping rhythm accompaniment of drums and chanting songs stamping, make this dance look very excited.
This dance is meant to rekindle the spirit of the soldiers to go into battle.
Asmat culture is still quite original and has not been eroded by the current modernization. Their culture is very unique. It is our duty as citizens of Indonesia to preserve cultural treasures that abound with ways to learn and watch performances at local art centers and cultural customs throughout Indonesia.
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Traditional clothing Asmat.

Asmat tribe is a group of people who live in the surrounding area of ​​Merauke , Papua . Like most other traditional tribal societies around the world , they also have their own culture , including having custom clothing Asmat .

Still Simple .

The location of the original dwelling remote Asmat , flanked by mountains , rivers and oceans , making custom clothing Asmat still very traditional .
Asmat man wearing only a genital cover a dried fruit . While women usually appear topless aka shirtless , and wearing tassels strung reeds like a skirt to cover the bottom of them .
For the decoration of the body , they use red soil mixed with water , then applied to the body with a specific motive . The white color is obtained from sea shells which they mash until smooth , then mixed with water as well . Black color , they get from charcoal that also smoothed and drawn into their bodies .
For the headdress , Asmat using animal feathers like birds of paradise , or cassowaries , and also kus - kus .

Starting Forward.

The number of educational and religious influences brought by the missionaries of culture and custom clothing made ​​Asmat slowly began to change . They began to recognize the clothing as a means of covering the body .
Asmat traditional clothes turned into cloth material , to cover the lower part of their body . While the upper part , the men still paint their bodies with a motif similar to the motif found in typical Asmat wood carving .
The Asmat women are now nothing appears topless . Except maybe that still live in rural areas . They currently have known fashion thanks to the information and education that began reaching the remote areas .

Leaving the Old Culture .

A custom or tradition brought by the ancestors of a tribe , and the information obtained due to the circumstances they face at the time. If it turns out to current , custom or tradition that is no longer appropriate to the environmental conditions as well as knowledge and science , also adopted a tribal religion , then it is wise to leave the customs and traditions of the ancestors . For example , no longer use the traditional tribal clothing , if it is not in accordance with the moral values ​​better .
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Did you know Asmat traditional house.

Although it seems simple primitive because of his appearance , but in fact it is the Asmat tribe that holds a strong philosophy of life and the values ​​of decency . It was also included in the way they build custom homes Asmat .

Jew .

Typical custom home or home Asmat known as the Jew , was a home specifically designed for the implementation of all the activities that are tradition . For example, for the customary meetings , doing the work make these ( traditional bag Asmat ) , carve wood , and also the residence of the footmen . Therefore , the Jew is also referred to as Single Houses .
This house is unique because it was built so long , even up to 50 meters . Because ancient Asmat people are not familiar with the nail , then the making of the Jew to this day do not use nails .
They use a variety of natural materials such as rattan rope fastener connection timber, iron as a pole house , and the roof is used sago palm leaves or leaves that are arranged neatly . Jew house wall made ​​of wood and partly also made ​​of woven sago leaves .
Asmat Asmat have a typical house named jew . When people have to talk about all things related to the life of the citizens , then they gathered in the jew .
In the typical home Asmat The Asmat also stored weapons like spears and arrows for hunting . and Nokens . Nokens are plant fibers woven into a bag .
Not just anyone should touch the camshaft that is stored in the Asmat typical home . Jew is a place considered sacred for Asmat . There are a number of customary rules in it that must be studied and understood by the Asmat people themselves , including the requirement to build Jew .

Know Jew .

Some of the things of the typical home Asmat :

Asmat typical house made ​​of wood is always set up facing the river .
The length of a typical home can Asmat tens of meters . There is even a Jew whose length can be up to fifty feet with a dozen meters in width .
As to the structure of a typical home Asmat , they use a metal timber which is then carved by the Asmat sculpture
They do not use nails or non- natural ingredients other , but the Asmat use of natural materials such as rattan and rope from tree roots .
Asmat typical house roof is made of sago leaves or palm leaves that have been woven . Usually people sit rollicking weave through to completion .
Amount equal to the amount of jew door open hearth and sculpture bis ( sculpture overview of the Asmat ancestor ) . Number of doors is also considered to reflect the number of clumps Asmat who dwell around the typical home Asmat .
After the construction of a typical house Asmat is completed , they will do a party during the night . Dancing and singing together accompanied by the sounds of traditional musical instruments Papua punch , Tifa . By doing this attraction , Asmat people believe the spirits of their ancestors to come and will keep their homes .

Tysem home .

There's another house that is typical Asmat , Tysem . The house can also be referred to as the family home , because they are inhabiting is already married . Usually , there are 2 to 3 pairs of families that inhabit Tysem .
Size is smaller than the Jew . The layout of the house is usually around the house Tysem Jew . A Jew can house surrounded by about 15 to 20 homes Tysem .
Materials to build a house similar to the material Tysem home maker Jew . All of the natural ingredients found in the woods around the location of Asmat is located.

Belief in the Spirit Ancestors .

Asmat background as animists , like so many traditional tribes around the world . Thus , belief in the occult form of ancestral spirits who guard them are still there .
Their confidence was poured in wood carving skills without making a sketch . They believe , ancestral spirits will guide them to complete the carving sculptures they create . Carving sculptures that tell the names of the ancestors they called MBIs .
Mbis often found in typical home Asmat mainly Jew . Trust ancestral spirits will help keep the house they built with MBIs therein .
Jew or the servant of the house is a proper name for the typical home Asmat . Asmat tribe is one of the ethnic groups living in Papua . A bird 's head shaped island , located in the eastern part of Indonesia.

Regional Cultural Preservation Effort .

If now we ask the majority of teenagers or young people about the many cultures of our region in Indonesia of course most of the answers that they will spend is ignorance about it .
Because it is a lot of our youth away from a desire to know and understand different customs and cultures that exist in Indonesia . They seemed to be educated in an environment that not many know the culture or customs .
And if they and their parents prefer foreign cultures that exist and apply abroad . Because they assume that what is there in the foreign culture and have better quality and higher quality than what is available in the country .
That phenomenon. But today has been a growing awareness of conservation efforts to re-run the existing culture and customs . Although not up to the level of love that culture , at least teenagers and our generation began to be introduced and invited to know the culture .
And finally , gradually, from a feeling that can be inserted already know the feeling to want to love and take care, as long as it is still in the permitted corridor.
We know at this time , on this effort is supported by many television programs that broadcast the show know better the culture that exists. We can find a lot of ways like this .
Most of these events are outings . They adventure into remote areas on the other side of the Indonesian region. Seeing how the civilization built by the people there.
With a look and find out how the lives of the people there and all that they preserve the culture , it can open our eyes to the existence of life elsewhere in our lives .
Perhaps some of us live and grew up in a big city environment that provides all the luxury and ease . But when we look at the television , we can see that there are some other people who do not have life as we have .
Most of the tribes in the interior of living with what is. They took a taste of what exists in nature . So they are so giving appreciation to nature .
Their efforts to respect and protect nature will always be in their mind . Because if nature is a friend who always accompany their lives .
This is a good thing to be worthy to be preserved and maintained . Feeling to appreciate nature . Because it is mostly human now so do not have a great appreciation for nature . They perform a variety of destruction .
This action will certainly have a negative effect for the life of their own . There will be many natural disasters that hit . This not only will give a bad impact to themselves alone . Another person who did not actually know about what they have done also received bad consequences of what they do .
This is what should be avoided . Although human nature has always wanted the best for her life , but all the efforts made to achieve it must be adapted to the conditions and circumstances around him .
This is to keep the other person adversely affected by actions that would have been done . There should also be awareness to want to keep the existing culture . Keep it as long as it is still the case in accordance with the norms and values ​​prevailing in society . That is precisely what we should do about Asmat tribal house full of philosophy . Thank you for reading this article.
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Asmat tradition.

Asmat so far only known as one of the tribes in Indonesia, which has a sculpture or carving awesome. Asmat sculpture to not only craft but an integral part of the elements of belief.
Therefore, all people have the ability Asmat art sculpture because they are part of the worship is done to ancestors or ancestors who are believed to have supernatural powers beyond their earthly powers.
Such belief is then able to generate confidence and trust of them to be able to carve or sculpt wood is good and the power of high art, even without the help of a sketch once.
Native tribes of Irian Jaya or Papua has two living areas , the areas along the coast with a wide area around the inland lowland swampy and muddy . Latter area is an area that is covered by tropical jungle and mangrove trees that dominate the forest sago .
Therefore, the tribe known for its wood carving distinctiveness is divided into two groups, ie, groups of people living in coastal regions and groups of people living in rural areas.
Both the residence differences also affect the community creations, especially in cultural values. Both of these groups have differences in terms of structure soisal, the language used, lifestyle and way of thinking, religious activities or rituals performed, and so forth.
In addition, people living in coastal areas are also subdivided into two groups, namely ethnic and tribal Bisman Shimei.

Origins Asmat.

The origin of the Asmat tribe the same as the original in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea which is derived from the clump Polonesia with the physical characteristics of skin color and black hair, round eyelids, high nose and boned strapping.
As part of the ethnic groups in Indonesia, Asmat in his daily life takes place with two leadership, the formal leader of the government and tribal leaders from the community.
Like the other tribes in Papua, such as Yohukimo tribes, and tribal Jayawijaya Mappi, customary chief or chiefs play a pivotal role in the governance of everyday life.
In carrying out programs authorized formal government, the cooperation with indigenous chiefs or heads is absolutely necessary. Without cooperation with tribal leaders, government programs could run aground in the middle of the road.
In the selection of chiefs or heads of tribes indigenous to the Asmat, not a hereditary position as most other traditional tribes. Also the selection of chiefs is not familiar with the succession of leadership as known in the royal tradition.
Chiefs could come from the oldest tribes, clans are considered old or even can be removed from a man who is credited, as it managed to win the war for example. So, after a chieftain died, of the elements that originated a new sachem.

Public confidence Asmat.

Issues of trust, in Asmat before entering the missionaries who brought Christianity Catholic and Protestant, even later Islam, Asmat belief is animism. Typical Asmat woodcarving was not apart of this animism problem at first.
However, after entering the influence of religion, belief itself is starting to fade, but not so with the wood carving handicraft. The things that are magical and supernatural, become an integral part.
To sustain daily life, Asmat know how to grow crops especially good farming. Some commodities such as matoa, citrus, corn, carrots, taro has been well recognized. Similarly, in terms of how to raise chickens and pigs, the Asmat is not something that is considered new.
Asmat tradition is preserved in addition to the art of wood carving is a tradition of fighting. Inter-tribal wars were common in Asmat life, as well as other tribes in Papua. Even the tradition of clan warfare is arguably a terrible tradition.
Just imagine, when the enemy had been killed, his corpse usually it will be brought to the village, then cut and distributed to the entire village to eat.
Even more sadistic , tens of years back , after a war between tribes and the enemy were killed , then his brain is built with sago leaves , then baked and eaten together .
According to a recent survey by the Indonesian government, in a village inhabited by 100 to 1000 people. Traditionally each village had one house flunky. The house is a house flunky venue for religious ceremonies and customs.

Community Livelihood Asmat.

In general, people who live in the interior is very closely related to the livelihood of hunting. Likewise with the Asmat people who live in the interior, they also perform a variety of hunting wild animals to meet their needs in terms of food and clothing. Some animals are often the object of poaching so they include wild boar, birds, snakes, dragons, and other animals that live in the forest.
Meanwhile, the Asmat people who live in coastal areas have the same livelihood with different media. This coastal community groups usually seek game that is in the sea, or more often called by the fishermen.
However, although there are methods and different game objects, both groups have the same peculiarities, which are both made of sago as a staple food that must be consumed everyday.

Asmat Traditional House.

Once we know the origin of the Asmat , their beliefs , and livelihoods that are used to meet the needs of their lives , now we will get acquainted with the place they live or what we call as a custom home .
All the traditional tribe in this world has a traditional house that serves as a community shelter, or even a place to perform various ritual activities associated with the custom. therefore, each custom home has a different characteristic of the concept of philosophy is not the same.
Likewise with the Asmat people who have a custom home with the philosophy of the values ​​of decency and the desire to avoid outside interference tribal society in terms of making the custom house.
Asmat society is still holding firm stance and their primordial belief that their lives are protected by ancestors who always gives the values ​​of the culture.
Here is a custom home Asmat which has the function and role of each in terms of maintaining the culture.
The traditional house is the home of the first Jew, the custom house built for the sake of special interests while doing activities that are traditional or customary under the terms, such as customary meeting activities, activities to make various crafts, make a variety of wood carvings, as well as a residence for men flunky. Thus, the Jew is often also referred to as the footman by the local indigenous people.
The second is a custom home Tsyem home, custom home that is occupied by the entire family. Family members who inhabit this custom home is usually numbered two or three families.
This custom home Tsyem placed around the custom house Jew because of its small size. However, both of these custom homes have in common in terms of manufacture, ie not using building materials such as nails because the ingredients used are natural substances found in nature.
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Piano history.

Piano comes from the word pianoforte taken from the Italian language . Bartolomeo Cristofori man named in the 1720s to make a piano . The traditional model was first created in 1709 . with the name " col pian e forte gravicembalo " in Italian ( " harpsichord with soft and loud" ) , which roughly means Musical Instruments harpsichord ( which can be played ) with soft and hard . The working principle of this instrument is taken from the working principle of the harpsichord and clavichord key blade combined with a bat and a string of a musical instrument " dulcimer " . This tool was first invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori , a harpsichord maker from Italy .
Bartolomeo Cristofori is famous as a pioneer of piano making . Two of the famous creations was saved until now , first at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York in 1720 . And the second was made in 1726 are stored in the museum Leipzig , Germany . At the beginning created , his voice is not as loud as the piano can be heard in the late 20th century . This is because the voltage of the piano keys when the piano is not as strong as they are today.
Now, the first pianos on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As in many other inventions , the piano was found based on technological inventions . Origin , piano developed from a stringed instrument . The difference , plucked lute played with . While the piano is pressed the keys .
In general , a piano belonging to the group of instrumental music . Piano produces sound from the soundboard vibration can be amplified volume (adjustable size ) .
Broadly, the piano in the music can be a performance on single and as an introduction to singing solos . In that sense , the piano and accompany singers can live without assistance or accompaniment of other instruments . The resulting piano sound already may represent other musical instruments . Nonetheless , the piano will be meaningful again be heard with the help of other instruments . What should be emphasized here , playing piano can be beautiful without the help of other musical instruments . Unlike the case with other instruments , which are less pleasing to the ear without the necessary piano . Many music instrument shines as share of the piano .

Piano developments .

At the end of the period 1790 to 1860, the Mozart -era piano experiencing great changes , which look more modern instrument lead . At the revolution , a lot of support from the piano composer and renowned pianists who accompany its development . So the piano in the music increasingly have high power . Technology in the manufacture of pianos are increasingly using high-tech tools .
In some time , style piano sound increases . From 5 to 7 octaves 1/3 ( or even more ) octaves , it indicates an increasingly modern piano . Advances in technology , many sourced from companies in the UK , Broadwood . Over the years , artificial Broadwood instruments have evolved into more of its kind , the better the sound , well packaged properly and neatly .
Broadwood piano company sent them to Haydn and Beethoven . Coverage piano abilities they send it over five octaves . 1790an year , followed in 1810 to six octaves , until finally in 1820 to seven octaves . To the extent that many piano manufacturers follow this trend .
Tells the story of the piano as well as telling a superstar . Like a superstar , a famous piano was also much admired various circles . Piano can be entered in the music and film industry , which is easily seen and heard by anyone.
Since the 1830s , a concert piano is always at idolize many music fans . Each of the well-known hold a concert pianist , often packed with fans . They always flocked piano concert ticket queue like ants . Because after all, the piano can fit into almost all well-known music .
Examples on the 27 Mozart piano concert held . This concert is really a music concert instrumental accompaniment without the help of the singer was still able to be enjoyed . This is the greatness that is owned musical instruments piano . The game can be done in concert with either piano solo ( alone ) , duo ( both ) , trio ( all three ) , or quartet ( four of us ) . It has been proved long ago by the famous pianists such as Mozart , Haydn , Beethoven , Schubert , Schumann , Mendelssohn and Brahms .
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Traditional Musical Instruments.

Traditional Musical Instruments Kacapi .

Traditional musical instrument the harp is a musical instrument that always kelasik coloring some art in this Sunda land . Making the harp is not easy . While this may seem like a simple instrument harp , but making it is not easy . For any raw material that is made of wood Kenanga soaked for three months .
While the strings , if you want to produce a good tone , should be of a friendly at the wire ( an alloy of gold and copper ) , such as the lute made ​​tempo . Because a friendly at this time is expensive , stringed lute now more using steel wire .
Tone in the Sunda harp has 5 ( pentatonic ) scales, namely Da , Mi , Na , Ti , La.
Couple this Sunda stringed instrument usually is Sundanese flute made ​​of bamboo. The music that flows will feel dazzling in our ears if played both. If I myself would like to miss home.

Kacapi Parahu .

Is a resonance box underneath a hole resonance to allow the sound out . The sides of this type of kacapi formed such that it resembles a boat . In the past , this kacapi made ​​directly from chunks of wood with carved .

Kacapi siter .

a resonance box with a flat plane parallel . Similar to kacapi parahu , placed at the bottom of the hole . Sides of the top and bottom to form a trapezoid .

For both types of kacapi this , each string tied around a small screw on the top right side of the box . They can be tuned in a variety of systems : pelog , sorog / madenda , or salendro .
Currently , kacapi resonance box is made by gluing the sides of the six areas of the wood .
Details of pawn - bridges of a Kacapi Parahu .
The function of the ovary and kacapi Kacapi rincik .
According to its function in the accompanying music , played kacapi as :
1 . Kacapi Goon ( = kacapi parent ) , and
2 . Children Kacapi or Kacapi Rincik
Kacapi ovaries lead by providing the intro music , bridges , and interludes , also determines the tempo . For this purpose , use a large kacapi with 18 or 20 strings .

Kacapi rincik.

Kacapi rincik enriching musical accompaniment by filling the space between the tone of the high frequencies , especially in songs such as metered fixed in distilled or Sekar kacapi Panambih . For this purpose , use a smaller kacapi with strings whose number to 15 .

Tuning and notation .

Kacapi using gamelan notation . This notation is part of the system heptachordal pelog . See the following table :
Java Sundanese gamelan Degung Pelog.
1 ( da ) 6
2 ( mi ) 5
3 ( na ) 3
4 ( ti ) 2
5 ( la ) 1
Many people ( especially those from the ground Parahyangan ) said , if kacapi Sundanese flute played then our imagination is a sprawling township which still rice paddies, farmers activities , green mountains and trees amid the rice fields . How about you ? Thank you for reading this article.
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Precious Stones with Synthetic.

Typically , the original rocks have interesting characteristics such as "inclusion", color, hardness, and different forms of synthetic stone. To the knowledge of all, there are two ways of man-made gems produced . First , synthetically where the original rock melted and reshaped and the second is immitation ( artificial ) that the original rock is mixed with other materials such as glass . Synthetic rock is again regarded as a precious gem stones because the original material is original .

The first difference is , usually does not have a synthetic rock " inclusion " . Inclusion is the impression the cracks ( crack ) , or froth ( bubble ) or there is a foreign object in the rock ( like tourmalined and rutilated inclusion) or lamellae ( impression as fingerprints ) or " microcrystalline aggreget " ( like fractures but should not be considered by using a finger ) .

Inclusion shaped white thread on blue - lace agate .

" Ferocolumbite inclusion " on sapphire shaped like black spots .

" Amethyst inclusion " gives the impression of the color purple on white quartz .

" Pyro inclusion " in ruby form an impression yellowish .

One characteristic of emerald ( emerald ) of Columbia is the inclusion of the so-called jardin . Jardin gave the impression of such fractures , foam and / or black spots on the emerald .
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