3.07.2015
Asmat people believe that they originate from Fumeripits (the Creator). That said, Fumeripits beached dying and unconscious. But his life was saved by a group of birds that he recovered. Then he lived alone in a new area.
Because loneliness, he built a long house filled with statues of wood carvings results themselves. But he still felt lonely, and then he made a declaration of drums that every day. Suddenly, march wooden sculptures that have been made that the rhythm of the drums are played.
Miraculously statues were then turned into a living human beings. They danced to the rhythm of the beat of drums with both feet slightly apart and knees moving to the left and to the right. Since then, Fumeripits continued to wander and in every region disinggahinya, he built a long house and create new human beings who later became the Asmat people like today.
History Asmat above confirms Asmat belief that they are the Son of God who came from the unseen world. The world who are currently tenggalam every afternoon sun. Asmat believe that at their place of residence, there are 3 kinds of spirits, namely:
- Yi-ow. Spirits of ancestors who have good properties for the offspring.
Spirits yi-ow are the keepers of sago forests, lakes and rivers full of fish and forests full of game. Asmat people communicate symbolically with the yi-ow with repeated presentation ceremonies are usually led by ndembero, or leaders of the ceremony.
Spirits osbopan considered inhabit some particular tree species, caves in, large stones which have a special shape, but also live in the body of certain types of animals. Hospitals and disaster usually caused by evil spirits, which also must be satisfied by a man with a variety of ceremonial offerings. , Ritual offerings to the osbopan not be repeated, but only if someone is sick and in the event of a disaster. Spirits it is necessary that not too often approached human habitation, by performing a series of taboos, and sometimes with the occult protective.
- Plop-ow. Evil spirits who die stupid.
In everyday life activities Asmat much filled by ceremonies. Some of the ceremony was to honor the ancestors are:
- Mbismbu (maker)
- Yentpokmbu (establishment and strengthening of home yew)
- Tsyimbu (establishment and strengthening of the canoe)
- Yamasy pokumbu (Ceremony shield)
Additionally Asmat believe about the nature inhabited by spirits. In Asmat called demons such as:
- Life-threatening demon.
Asmat belief is this demon can be life threatening and soul and disastrous.
- Satan who does not endanger life.
Satan is not life threatening but frighten or disturb it.
As for the addition, in Asmat art is part of honoring the ancestors. They believe carvings made by the Asmat is a connector between the ancestors of present-day life. There are three concepts world believed by Asmat namely: very ow capinmi (natural now), Dampu Ow campinmi (pesinggahan nature spirits deceased), Safar (heaven).
