Inside a remote tribe of Western Papua | SLICE

The Asmat people live on the southwestern coast of western Papua. A land that remained unknown for a long time, free from outsiders, discouraged by the Asmats' terrifying reputation as cannibals and headhunters!
We went to film them, simply to be the witnesses of their untouched culture, in one of the last unexplored regions of the globe, and to better understand their way of life in this singular territory.
Extract from the documentary: “Asmat”
Direction: Jean-Michel Corillion
Production: ZED, Odyssée & RAI
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[@Uniqo.7]

Quality of this Channel is insane

[@lakshmirnair2336]

I think tribes are the only people who are really"living" in this earth,Others are just thinking about 'gaining' anything before leaving this world...

[@trapbois9369]

I like your thinking

[@CDSRB]

Realest shit I’ve ever heard

[@dondamon4669]

You must not know many happy people if you think these people are happy

[@trapbois9369]

@@dondamon4669 he never mentioned happy, he said living in this third word dimension, and just Living no work,no bill

[@AdamJGraves]

I spent 2 months with the Asmat in 1994, just before the Indonesian government opened it up to foreigners. I'm sure the culture and environment has changed a lot since then.

[@TheTriggerIGbcottonemt]

Oh so was that you rowing with them in that old rowing video?? Lbs

[@mona-xf5mr]

@@TheTriggerIGbcottonemt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@storysource889]

Old habits die hard.

[@jennyliew801]

Thank God they didn’t eat you up!

[@albert5624]

My boss did the same thing but also with tribes around the world back in 1960's

[@authenticmedia24]

Its funny how the creators of this visuals failed to even transcript what the natives were saying but seems to know a great deal .

[@PamelaNotAnderson]

It's an AI CHANNEL.

[@mrashid3643]

A fish which does not flap about when caught and a cassowary which does not run when arrowed the first time.

[@willp3887]

Yep already dead

[@shanegrimes3455]

Scripted

[@alsaunders7805]

They mentioned that the cassowary was already trapped, not dead. 🤓🍻

[@mollyjacks4k741]

Lol yea this shit fake asf

[@michaelcarey299]

He said the bird was trapped, you can see it shaking after it was shot with the arrows.

[@rarindraprakarsa4376]

I belive this movie is made more than 20 years ago since the narator said "recently Irian Jaya has been changed the name to Papua".

[@lorenzogomez4144]

These are CANNIBAL PEOPLE ....ASK THE ROCKEFELLER FAMILY

[@fatimaaskhkir6847]

You are right

[@haripalrampurtab5820]

The people and everything around them are natural.

[@anggitaputri3123]

And just very recently this area (Asmat tribe) is even not in Papua anymore, but newly formed South Papua province. Since June 30th, Papua province is splited into 4 new provinces that is Papua (the original province), South Papua, Central Papua, and Highlands Papua.

[@AdamJGraves]

I think the name change occurred in 2007, so the video must have been filmed after that.

[@anwarhussain-lf5uq]

Slice is the best documentry,full of knowledge and best adventure channel.i would say its best than NAT geographic because everything that is showed on slice is based on facts

[@iSRS28-ov3ps]

Just like the fish the women’s got ? Frozen 😂

[@mzee5533]

It’s better to watch this than wasting time on , bbc, cnn, Aljezeera, or foxnews

[@boop7313]

Fantastic documentary, only wish it continued longer. So interesting. I love that their culture recognizes the matriarchal lineage. I know for certain if my brother had raised my son he would have had a much better life that his "real" father gave him. Ironically his biological father was raised in PNG.

[@ritaj.9880]

1000 years from now they will still be happy living like this. Amazing

[@James-by4pw]

If only that were true

[@ratha8799]

That's even if earth is habitable by then..

[@heldermonteiro2718]

They don't know anything else

[@kaoru1998]

@@heldermonteiro2718 Maybe that’s a good thing. They won’t fight over stupid 1st world “problems.” They get to live normal lives without crying about being misgendered or worrying about someone telling them they shouldn’t identify as a cat or whatever else. They are LUCKY to not have these ridiculous made up 1st world mental problems. They also don’t have to worry about gas prices, government overreach, taxes, and a whole bunch of other 1st world stuff we complain about.

[@stonehorn4641]

In 1000 years, that island will be under water and the Asmat will be long forgotten

[@aaebalaji]

I very much appreciate cameraman ,& editor It's not so easy to shoot in the dense jungle especially in the mess I mention that hunting spot congratulations your team 👍

[@halubalu9546]

Wow... Our names looks to similar

[@aaebalaji]

@@halubalu9546 👍🤝

[@hasrathhosein4918]

Cu6u58@@aaebalaji

[@johnblaesel5493]

But they can’t be too isolated if somebody is there videotaping them. You couldn’t do this with some South American tribes because they don’t have the immunity.

[@naam_loos]

Depends on how you define isolated. Papua is part of the old world so it would not suffer as much from global diseases as native south americans have suffered, but they very much live isolated.

[@annegeraldinecatindig6469]

Thanks you Slice , watching your videos feels like more than traveling in different countries .

[@freezecruz1426]

Hey babe.. I think we were meant to be together 😜😘

[@annegeraldinecatindig6469]

hahahhahaa

[@endel4385]

@@freezecruz1426 😂

[@NoLandMandi]

I watched this channel for a while and notice something strange that happening all over the world! it seems people catching dead fish everywhere! that's tats truly strange!

[@andywilliam367]

The technology created the climate change. Now this people has to eat the dead fish.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Awesome video great footage 👍🏿

[@Worldofourown2024]

20 year old, but very nice short documentary about Papua. I was lucky to get see the birds of paradise, cassawaries, and komodo om Bali as I really could go further East to Komodo annd onto Papua just on my own. For that you adventure, you'll need specialized guides and guards that gets expensive though the protection services are necessary particully if starting out in the dangerous high crime city of Port Moresby. I guess what's probably changed the past 20 years on Papua is the sold a lot of forest for the Chinese to cut down exported to the West as lumber for things like American wooden buildings.

[@poisontoad8007]

I'm ashamed to say the Bergmans, a New Zealand forestry company, had their fingers in the pie of devastating rainforest in foreign lands. I apologise on behalf of all Kiwis for what these mongrels did.

[@fredcarr3550]

Are you sure that the lumber is exported to the West? that doesn't seem correct and perhaps, the Chinese are using the lumber for themselves but claiming they are exporting same to the West.

[@poisontoad8007]

@@fredcarr3550 Could be. But I know most of New Zealand's Kauri forests got turned into houses in San Francisco back in the day.

[@paravatoloh5163]

@@fredcarr3550 no, most houses in China are like apartment blocks made almost entirely of concrete, not wood, those that are made of wood are usually very impoverished people who would not be able to afford to import wood. It can't be hidden either, we would be able to see them from Google Earth if China were lying about using lumber for their own.

[@fredcarr3550]

@@paravatoloh5163 I was thinking that even though wood is a very good insulation against the cold, it's being used internally in the homes of the "top guys". Mere speculation of course, but the US and Canada both have ample supplies of wood.

[@Scrapper.]

I love the old guy moaning.... "When I was a lad we used to hunt down our enemies and chop off their heads! Things just ain't the same anymore.".......or something to that effect.

[@twinflowerfioretta]

SLICE you are always exeptionally amazing! Thanks a lot!

[@Lokesvararaja]

Shooting a preprared strangled Kasuari or netting prepared dead fish are not so great for the quality of Slice.

[@bobbyboucher1936]

I noticed that right away and stopped watching ..

[@kascade9145]

You learnt something , documentaries are scripted.

[@chris714n83yh1]

To show it to the public, without having to make things time/space-complicated.

[@highgatehandyman6479]

Budget etc All nature documentaries are also staged and scripted.

[@fancythisgirl3]

The fish aren’t dead, they’re stunned.

[@petrusshivaleni493]

SLICE's videos are addictive

[@elimoya1654]

I grew up not far from here, d my parents actually still live in Papua.

[@TropicalGardeningCyprus]

Have the bulldozers reached your area, or not yet?

[@savanalexis1947]

Beautiful documentary.far better than modern nonsense video people posting nowadays

[@dogswhomistookarockforacro4667]

Why the hell are you calling them cannibals?

[@Dweeble233]

Clicks

[@carolyngetchman4437]

because they were head hunters at one time??

[@paul6353]

Click bait

[@paul6353]

@@carolyngetchman4437 that was my people. Nagas of Nagaland

[@weaponscommanderroringusan5625]

Well they used to be. Idk if they still are... doubt it.

[@geraldboco7840]

I love this kind of content❤️

[@东篱采菊]

why catch dead fish? and why shoot dead bird? is it their hunting traditions?

[@jahnapanui6532]

Oh my god I love learning about the history of these people thank you for sharing ❤️

[@samizdat113]

Why? They contribute nothing positive to the human experience.

[@baldbankruptson7533]

@@samizdat113 shutup Karen

[@kaoru1998]

@@samizdat113 Wow, that was an arrogant and rude response! You think you could survive in their territory with only the skills they know, without any Western housing, conveniences and tools and no clothes? No bug spray and medicine either. Bet you couldn’t, lol. They are just as important as modern people. They just live differently.

[@samizdat113]

@@kaoru1998 Yes, life in the stone age is rough.

[@jayliebear7303]

@@samizdat113 they are probably the only positive thing left in humanity. all the rest of us are just polluting and destroying our environment.

[@floridawoman25]

Amazing hunters. U see the strong teeth, muscular arms, hair on their head, even the older ones ? I think this is where 1 of the Rockefellas sons vanished. He was searching for masks and artifacts from around the world and tried to befriend the natives, even though he was warned.

[@josecontreras6702]

Only if all of the Rocafellas would die. A bunch of greedy devilish scum bags.

[@hunzilla3122]

He tasted good though

[@urbnctrl]

His head made a royal artefact on the display of the chiefs.

[@narlywaves2371]

Yellow teeth. They dont look physically healthy. Kids with bloated bellies.. not good.

[@intrusivethoughts3601]

Considering the footage from 1969 he probably became a member of the tribe, not food

[@jimwortham8634]

Those canoes absolutely amaze me must take long time to make

[@LuisSanchez-km9jn]

A Rockerfella family heir was captured in the 1960s by the Asmat and was never heard of again?.

[@Rasmajnoon]

They found his head years later,used as a pillow in asmat longhouse,matching dentistry

[@yusefrussia172]

he tasted rich

[@sarubet8725]

​@@Rasmajnoon rly?

[@Rasmajnoon]

@@sarubet8725 research,you'll find

[@islandgirl9479]

​@@yusefrussia172 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@billyeggers3831]

Now that is some creepy shit. After seeing him toss that bird over his shoulder, I'm convinced that there's a Bigfoot out there too.

[@andywilliam367]

The music make things creepy. It's beautiful there.

[@tonce5508]

My father was a teacher in the interior of Asmat in 50's and had tasted human flesh.. He was forced to eat it, so that he could be accepted by the locals.

[@mrconfusion87]

How did it taste according to him? Btw, the Asmat have pretty much dropped headhunting by the 1990s.

[@wisdomoftheearlychristians2037]

If it's one of the last unexplored regions of the globe, I hope it stays that way; it would be very sad to see them in ten years wearing t shirts and jeans, talking on their cellphones, and having oxycontin addictions.

[@atomictraveller]

it's been genocide for the last sixty years 1.8 million dead type "west papua independence" or something and get the real. it has a lot of machete cuts.

[@mona-xf5mr]

They're already wearing shorts

[@dopeymark]

These people have the coolest dugout canoes I have seen.

[@beverlybalius9303]

Certain places the offshore Oil Industry Ships and riggs would tell the workers dont be outside after dark falls , if you are somewhere stay there till sun up and never never be alone,,, travel with at least 3 or 4 in a group. You can windup in the. Cookpot…

[@truthandjustice7219]

Really?

[@cormacgoggin3328]

@@truthandjustice7219 no

[@beverlybalius9303]

@@truthandjustice7219 Yes,,,, I worked in the offshore oil industry on ships for 20 years,,, That’s what we were told.

[@billyeggers3831]

I heard through the grapevine that the Tribe ate the cameraman. I don't know if it's true, but it sounds legit. RIP Cameraman, this video was excellent.

[@irinamiklashevskaya4605]

I wounder if they choose to live like that or must.. what do u think?

[@nickthoj]

I like how they caught that stiff dead fish in the beginning lol

[@arthurwatts1680]

Living on the southern side of the Arafura Sea has its share of challenges, but I'll take Oz over anything the Indonesians are offering these people.

[@skmplanet9591]

Wonderful video. Please add the geographic location on map if you like

[@jadedrealist]

When was this filmed?

[@khadijah3519]

That's a BIG Bird!! Cool!! Thanks🌺

[@syariefdirgantara628]

The last remain of stone age people & culture, in 21st century.

[@bobertjones2300]

Nobody lives alone. What a curious concept.

[@Maria-co9eg]

And what a depressing one.

[@BorneoTreasure]

Memang dari dahulu saya minta dengan benua Papua... Saya harap suatu hari nanti saya bisa menjejak kaki ke sana. Mohon doakan ya semua...

[@ian54608]

Takes a lot of balance in those canoes. But once you learn you just never forget

[@GrassPossum]

Like riding a bike.

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@GrassPossumOr driving a car!

[@gregorchard7881]

I lived and worked here. Beautiful people, harsh environment

[@KBarron43]

What really caught my eye was how good their hygiene is, they’re teeth are surprisingly clean

[@kathybrem880]

They don’t eat processed sugary foods

[@msizinkosi3481]

You do know there are other ways to clean ones teeth apart from using a toothbrush & toothpaste right ?

[@anthonylentini3487]

@@msizinkosi3481 how?

[@msizinkosi3481]

@@anthonylentini3487 1st you have to acknowledge that toothbrushes and toothpaste did not always exist so people who were there before those things came along had other means of cleaning their teeth, they used different kinds of trees like Dogwood and oak, another popular way is to use charcoal sometimes mixed with mud & water but my prefered method is to use mint leaves and rub the leaves all over your teeth, it will remove the dirt and leave you breath smelling fresh.

[@Callousedhands.]

Nothing surprising here. You live on a western system which is satanic and not natural so therefore we brush our teeth with IG Farben chemicals.

[@lucasfff1370]

2:38 why is that fish not flopping around and why does it remain in a stiff position (almost like it's frozen and placed from a cooler into the net by the film crew for content)....

[@sophiamarieurquiza2659]

your documentaries lets me see the world.

[@cathyheston3029]

Would love to see more about this....

[@kennethwalsh3078]

Send a link

[@MaximShelkov]

I wonder where he got those modern shorts from?

[@ramishrambarran3998]

Thanks. Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.

[@nicolarollinson4381]

Leave them be 🙏

[@DewaSenapanIndonesia]

Ikut menyaksikan

[@saverns]

The entire villages has to be related. Women, men and kids all look so much alike

[@eyeswideopen7777]

What's wrong ? It's survival

[@absel_1206]

Woosh entire world is related

[@jokoprayitnobindjafaar9052]

Filem dokumentasi yg bagus.

[@urbnctrl]

My beautiful people! Love from Maluku Alifuru

[@punkrockstar]

These indigenous have no ties to Indonesians at all. Funny how history can be reinvented. The Dutch colonized these islands and gave it to the Indonesian government 100 years ago as a present basically.

[@Kai-hj8rp]

I wanna see the full content!

[@nicolarollinson4381]

Me too.

[@mindanaowan4706]

Me too from Philippines

[@yourmomsinmyroom.6877]

It's on Playboy channel.

[@legendarybob2938]

Me too

[@andywilliam367]

They are nice people. I've meet them decades ago. They are totally different than people in Amazon.

[@saikoa2129]

I wonder if these people were the inspiration for the natives in skull island

[@catman8670]

Wonder where they got their clothes?

[@jeffreyroehm5904]

From the clothes place

[@mider-spanman5577]

I just noticed any video mentioning or hinting at cannibals is usually short.

[@edwardonliner4503]

Fake hunt. Tribal guy was noisy in his steps. Normally if you move like that, you wont even catch a 🐢 turtle.

[@adamlangdon2245]

6:27 min in... what’s up with ol’ girl’s arm, is that a growth or did her bicep get separated from the bone or something? The human body can be so resilient when it wants to be.

[@eltvetc836]

I hate watching scenarios that aninal is being killed..my heart really cries.

[@LiLKK713PB]

You are to far removed from the reality of life.

[@brianmoeller6839]

Grow up

[@chickensalad3535]

​@@LiLKK713PBThey aren't at all.

[@chickensalad3535]

​@@brianmoeller6839Wmpathy and compassion are mature traits.

[@mikejordan6036]

He really snuck up on that Bird real quietly

[@babychuma1]

"savage harvest" is a great book to check out if you're interested in this subject after seeing this video.

[@AR-bh3mn]

In fact, this practice has long been abandoned since Indonesia became serious about developing the region. There are already Asmat ethnic groups who have moved to big cities such as Sorong and Jayapura to live their lives. Currently only people in remote areas still practice it..... And yes, they are not yet registered as Indonesian citizens (WNI). 😴

[@SubZero-qi9hk]

Indinesia Government call this District Kacamatan Asmat. Some of the young men and women are in the Capital doing Studies & in Indonesia Military.

[@normabailey1834]

LO O O O N N N G G GG A D S.

[@reneabrea4123]

And FORCELY converted to islam.

[@tenoa8637]

@@reneabrea4123 Source?

[@SubZero-qi9hk]

@@reneabrea4123 You're just talking NONSENSE!! And Self - Centered hypocrite.

[@INDONESIABUBAR2030BYSPIZYDORI]

@@reneabrea4123 yes why not?

[@fajarsatria1810]

Ini luar biasa journey dan video SLICE. Truely kualitas National Geographic. Saya tonton videe ini karena rasa penasaran (curiosity) saya tentang apa yang saya lihat. Semoga saya bisa menonton video SLICE tentang suku-suku pedalaman, budaya, bahasa dan lainnya di Indonesia bagian timur dari video selanjutnya. Informative....

[@mk-yt5kr]

I was wondering where do these nomad tribes get their shorts it looks factory made?

[@guskrisna1861]

They not fully isolated. They made trade with another tribe. Indonesian government let them to live their way of life, yet some of the younger generation go outside their land to get education even service in military

[@timhatfield6367]

The Gap..or old navy

[@KANGBEWOK96]

Konten vidio yang bagus sekali👍

[@Kwelinzito]

Leave them alone!

[@INDONESIABUBAR2030BYSPIZYDORI]

Why

[@sweetnaas4301]

😂

[@atomictraveller]

1.8 million dead west papuans over 60 years world's biggest goldmine operated by u.s. corp freeport mcmoran "leave them alone" because slice is the real world huh. watch some independence movement videos

[@ricardomesina5258]

Very intetesting video thank you so much you sir

[@deborahcabanting]

Everyone is equally taken care of. Non materialistic.❤

[@BenJAMin-o1i]

Accept for the cannibal ones

[@cwickyomomma2124]

There exactly the opposite in america.

[@josephkhan7261]

@@cwickyomomma2124wym?

[@tomsawyer7429]

That grandad is shredded Omg

[@margritkaminsky1470]

They too will some day be victims of the modern society with its destructive ways.

[@jeffreyroehm5904]

That is true he was smoking crack

[@akashpuri5432]

If they are unexplored and untouched tribes then how they are wearing colourful shorts. Plz don't penetrate everything try to preserve atleast some last tribes by not trying to change their lives

[@ihzakc]

Excelente documentário!!!

[@putinso3370]

Didn't see any cannibalism. The video title is just a click bait

[@OnionIlan]

Because the west wants to make us easterners look bad

[@omar403o7]

I cry for what's about to happen to them once they realize how fucked up our world is but damn you can't tell me that we aren't all from Africa.

[@LoganCharlesII]

I'll take the world we're living in over how they're living.

[@weaponscommanderroringusan5625]

The ooa theory has been debunked for decades. Look into the newer evidence of out of Asia, etc.

[@gogo12able]

did you see mike Rockefeller s sons or daughters anywhere?

[@edyriswanto7134]

I am javanesse do not agree this title for my brother nation Asmat

[@danwlilvi4384]

Yes, it’s misleading. This is old documentary, they don’t do justice explaining when this docu’s released. I’m unsubscribe.

[@sob5372]

You know we all say everything tastes like chicken but I heard people taste like pork

[@tuathadesidhe1530]

Unless the PNG cassawary is smaller than the Australian breed - that was nowhere near adult size.

[@Sensirebel]

New Guinea has the Southern cassowary (the same as Australia) and the Northern cassowary (slightly smaller in PNG) and also the smallest Dwarf cassowary (mountains of PNG). There is an even smaller extinct one called pygmy cassowary that which used to range from new guinea all the way to NSW in Australia. Its closest relative today is probably the bush turkey.

[@tuathadesidhe1530]

@@Sensirebel that makes sense, it was obviously one of the smaller breeds - all the ones around here are much bigger than that.

[@mhdfrb9971]

@@Sensirebel cassowary ain't related to the brush turkey

[@sariosario6631]

Asmat live in Indonesian region, not PNG. But yes casowary in island are much smaller than in continent (the same goes with kangaroo and crocodile)

[@tuathadesidhe1530]

@@sariosario6631 free Papua

[@robertwindedahl4919]

In times of famine or extreme hunger human flesh is considered the new pork similar in taste and texture

[@timhatfield6367]

They don't eat clowns.. They taste funny.

[@ayesha3024]

Where is Michael rockafellar?

[@Ed-kk2ds]

that's my question too. they need to be asked so that they can confirm if it is true that Michael was with the tribe or that he died in the middle of the sea before he reached the island.

[@paulmlambo5095]

The mother nature 🙌🙌 those people are living in the real world, not us who live in a collective society

[@queensuccessful1]

Beautiful people 🙏🏽💜💪🏾👏🏾

[@georgehunter2813]

They have their own look. It's a handsome look. Unexpected for Papua and New Guinea.

[@ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni]

Slice deletes comments too? This is a good documentary tho😅

[@joeltheiss4620]

4:20 someone got a good dental plan

[@georgemickael2854]

Amazing video quality

[@rishabhbiddappa7342]

Why was the fish stone dead!!😂

[@phnix6242]

I bet youll find a pyramid or more somewhere in Papua. Amazonas, Papua both are still beatiful

[@maryMartinez1813]

So interesting to watch. I want to learn everything about these people and others.

[@NeroontheGoon]

I lived in Irian Jaya for a time, the Asmats were not cannibals and were predated upon by the lower jungle tribe that few have seen. Our helicopter pilot always told me that if we crash in the three canopy jungle that we would never be found. He said if you were injured, lost, or being hunted, kill yourself, it would be a far better death than getting caught by the lower jungle tribe of cannibals.

[@LoganCharlesII]

Clicked on the video to see the cannibals doing cannibal stuff. Watched them eat fish and birds.

[@MrGroganmeister]

Yeah, I was disappointed too.

[@Dr.Arick1940s]

I spent time with these tribes 😢 in 1950s , things have changed too much.........

[@frederickj60]

If they're Cannibal. Why didn't they eat whoever was filming? Stop the defamation of Character. You know what people think when they hear Cannibal.

[@stevensearcy4479]

Theyre cannibals not stupid they know full well what would happen to them

[@natchhurfavcore2421]

no man, im jakartans. they kill my brother from indonesian university back in 1998

[@rijubaishya6816]

What about national geography stipid

[@haydenhilton]

Just because a group of people practice cannibalism in some instances doesn’t mean they indiscriminately eat everyone in sight.

[@brandonsayer7631]

Fer frig sakes they didn't eat anyone today... They only eat their criminals. There's a thousand different tribes and a thousand different languages. What? What are you pissed off about? Take a breath and relax. This is fascinating. Take a minute. Appreciate.

[@Kompresor0]

This is soooo fske loook at the fish at the beginning its nog moving looks like frozen