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On the center of the flat roof was a square baradari, its walls punctured by marble jalis, and inside were two cenotaphs in white marble signifying the resting place of Ghias and his wife Asmat.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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On the center of the flat roof was a square baradari, its walls punctured by marble jalis, and inside were two cenotaphs in white marble signifying the resting place of Ghias and his wife Asmat.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The Asmat people's belief that two best friends, one frumpy, the other a tireless and star struck redhead would come to the island and entertain them for eternity.
Bluff The Listener 2010
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Since then, the native Asmat people have been watching TV nonstop.
Bluff The Listener 2010
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On the center of the flat roof was a square baradari, its walls punctured by marble jalis, and inside were two cenotaphs in white marble signifying the resting place of Ghias and his wife Asmat.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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There are approximately 1,000 Mimika and 1,300 Asmat.
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To the south, the Kamoro, Asmat and Sempan tribes inhabit the lowland rivers and swamps and follow a semi-nomadic lifestyle, which is supplemented by simple but effective forms of agriculture.
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His figures metamorphosed into birds, reminiscent of Asmat masks from New Guinea (which he collected), and in his last decade he made drawings with what look like narrow incisions, in which creatures seem to be carved onto thick paper.
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Two Asmat linguistic groups live within Lorentz National Park, Emari Ducur (Sumapero, Nakai, Au, Kapi, As-Atat) and Unir Siran (Keenok: Ipam, Esmapan, Iroko, Jakapis) while the Joerat group lives east of the park boundary around the villages Sawa and Erma.
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However, in 1996, a group of scientists, including WWF and PHPA staff were abducted in the north eastern part of the reserve and due to the political unrest in the Lorentz area, surveys were restricted to the buffer zone and the Asmat area of the park.
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