Cannibalistic Tribes Asmat Kombai and Korowai yali Cannibals

A person who eats human flesh especially for magical or religious purposes, as among certain tribal people. There are three types of Cannibalism: Pleasurable This refers to cannibalism that is driven by sadistic pleasure or psychopathological reasons. A famous case of this form of cannibalism is that of Jeffry Dahmer of United States. An otherwise normal looking individual, Dahmer was charged for murder and ingestion of seventeen individuals in 1991. He was believed to have killed children and keep their flesh in packets in the freezer, which he later cooked and ate. Survival

There is considerable evidence of human beings resorting to cannibalism during food shortage, due to famine or when shipwrecked or marooned. Two very well documented cases are the Donner Party, that was isolated in the Sierra Nevada ranges, in the winters of 1846 - 1847. And the second case being the crash of the Uruguay rugby team over the Andes in 1972. In both the cases cannibalism helped certain members of the team to survive rather than die of starvation. And Cultural also known as ritualistic Ritualistic cannibalism is frowned upon by most cultures; however it plays an integral part of those cultures that do practice it. In many ways, the act has been a traditional custom representing their values and belief system for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. However, with the fear of disease, which has the possibility of extinguishing cultures permanently, tribes are forced to find away around their practices and possibly incorporate a more symbolic and less literal form of ritual.

Culture
For the decoration of the body we have to name the bones from the wings of a flying fox. The Korowai Tribe women place this in the nose. Also the necklace from dogs tooth are really important for them. The mother give these necklaces to the daughter and this is still in use. The men use necklaces from pigs tooth. The women use only a small skirt made from tree skin and Sago fibres. Around the chest you can see also some rotanings. Without their net the women never move out of the tree house. The Korowai Tribe men never move out without bow and arrows. The members of the Asmat tribe believe that they arose out of wood. Therefore, wood is sacred for them. Even in ancient times they carved wonderful things from wood. Asmat are considered to be the best woodcarvers of the stone-age. Their small drums, statues, engraved boats are admirable. Many originals of the woodcraft from the Asmat tribe are now shipped from Papua to Europe or America, and decorate German or American museums, galleries, or households. Asmat woodcraft became a wonderful exported good for worldwide exchange, public sales, and auctions. Contemporary and civilized Asmat use metal tools. They are visited by salesmen, most of whom are German, who ask them to make large numbers of statues so that they

can trade them in Europe or America. Thanks to that, the Asmat territory can now be considered safe, and tourists no longer have to be afraid of cannibalism.

Locations
The majority of the last remaining cannibalistic tribes all reside in Papua New Guinea. Asmats lived west of Papua New Guinea, in Irian, Jaya. The Kombai and Korowai tribes also live in the west of Papua New Guinea living with a small family in tree houses. The Yali tribe live in the same region of Irian, Jaya, but live in the inlands in the highlands and mountains. Living with small families in grass huts.

Foods
They nourish themselves mainly with Sago which they won from Sago palms. They refer their main protein food from the larvae of the Capricorn beetle. The huntable animals represent their further base of live. There are wild pigs; Casuar bird; birds; snakes; and small insects. Vegetable food is also very important for them. Especially palm leaves, fern, breadfruit and the red pandanae fruit.

History
There have been reports of tribes in Papua, New Guinea, known to have practiced endo- and exo-cannibalism up until the 1960s for ritualistic purposes. Some of the tribes partook of cannibalism for purposes other than ritual reasons, such as for the taste. However, a majority of the tribes were known to mostly consume their dead relatives tissues and brains in a ceremonial and traditional display of respect. The practice did have deadly repercussions. It was discovered that many of the tribes people were suffering from a fatal disease believed by scientists to be related to their cannibalistic activities. According to

anthropologist Margaret Mackenzie, a scientific team led by Carleton Gajdusek and Baruch Blumberg discovered that women were passing on a disease to their children, believed to be the human equivalent of Mad Cow Disease in the late 1970s. The disease, which became more wide-spread over a short period of time was due to an infectious agent introduced by the consumption of deceased human tissues, especially that of the brain. The disease, referred to as Kuru, was highly infectious and was transferred in a variety of methods, including through bodily fluids. The spread of this disease only began to diminish when the practice of cannibalism decreased.

Divine Power
The divine power of these cannibalistic tribes are of divine hunger... Or at least they used to be. There are many forms of spiritual and ritualistic cannibalism worldwide. Exocannibalism is defined as a culture, group or tribe s consumption of another culture, group or tribe. This form of cannibalism has been associated with tribal power, murder and aggression and has been used in an effort to scare off possible invading enemies, to get rid of captured enemies of war and slaves. Many cannibalistic tribes believed that consuming one s enemy would allow them to obtain and absorb the spirit and skills of the victim. Conversely, the consumption of members within ones own culture, group or tribe is called endocannibalism, which is often associated with ritual burial ceremonies and has been controversially referred to on occasion as compassionate cannibalism. Mortuary cannibalism has been considered to be the most widely practiced form of endocannibalism, often excluding murder and focusing on already deceased corpses.

Behaviors
New Guinea, more specifically west Papua, has many surprises in store. The Kombai tribe is, gently put, a problematic tribe. Despite that, we have experienced from them the greatest expressions of friendship whatsoever. Several times, a group met the main tribal chief of all Kombais. This rarely happens during expeditions. First, he greeted them by pointing his bow at us, it took about an hour-long negotiation until the group was allowed to enter the village. Today they even have his assurance of safety on the whole Kombai territory. Thats something unexpected from the chief of such a troublemaking tribe.

Yali tribe is most likely the smallest of Papuan nations. I wrote likely because I am convinced that not all the nations living in New Guinea including Irian Jaya, have yet been discovered. Yalis were discovered no sooner than in 1976. They make their homes in the highlands; this is what inhabited areas of mountains are called in Papua. Inland, and especially areas near the mountains, are the least accessible territories which were thus discovered most recently.