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WOMEN from a remote African tribe have posed for pictures to show off their extraordinary traditional lip discs. Females of the Mursi Tribe, in Ethiopia, wear the discs to portray their social and … ...
A series of photographs of one of the world's most-feared tribes - the Mursi - a community of 10,000 people in remote Ethiopia, have revealed their unique beauty.
The Mursi tribe follows strange and unique customs, for which it is known worldwide. In this tribe, women undergo a body modification process where a wooden or clay disc is inserted into their ...
Ethnic Mursi women with a Lip plate (lip cup) carrying a pot and holding her baby with one hand at Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Women of the Mursi tribe may have their lips cut at the age of 15 or 16 ...
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Women of the Mursi tribe wear large plates in their lower lip to demonstrate their worth. Body scarification and ornate body art and impressive headdresses identify the Karo tribes.
The most famous tribe is the nomadic, pastoralist Mursi tribe. When a Mursi woman reaches 20 years old, a slit is made beneath the lower lip and a clay plate inserted.
A new series of portraits have revealed the striking beauty of the women from the Omo Valley tribes of Ethiopia. The pictures, taken by Lebanese photographer Omar Reda, 32, showcase the elaborate a… ...
Above, the Mursi tribe are famous for their traditions including the fierce fighting between the men with sticks, and the insertion of plates of clay in the lower lip and in the lobes of women ...
The Mursi were particularly sensational, with dotted body decorations and the women with enormous lip plates. They were pastoralists and lived in isolated regions that, until recently, were left ...
To better grasp this concept, I visited the Mursi, a local tribe residing in the Southern Omo Valley of Ethiopia famous for wearing beautifully decorated clay plates in their lower lips and other ...
WOMEN from a remote African tribe have posed for pictures to show off their extraordinary traditional lip discs. Females of the Mursi Tribe, Ethiopia, wear the discs to portray their social and ...