Of the 45 distinct ethnic groups that live in this region, the Mursi (along with the Surma people) are visually distinct, recognized by large lip plates worn by the women of the tribe.

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 … ...

Community of 10, 000 people make up the feared Mursi tribe in remote Ethiopia Photos include wife showing off dotty 7-inch lip plate and woman cradling gun Also showed teen cut herself and rubbed ...

In this tribe, women undergo a body modification process where a wooden or clay disc is inserted into their lower ... Among the world’s most dangerous tribes is Ethiopia’s notorious Mursi tribe.

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.

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… ...

A question which may sound so simple but which is, on the contrary, so complicated and multi-faceted to many. To better grasp this concept, I visited the Mursi, a local tribe residing in the Southern ...

Here, three young Mursi women ready themselves for a tribal ceremony. (Aaron Maasho / AFP/Getty Images) 2 / 3. The Dassanech people make up another tribe in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley.

In this tribe, women undergo a body modification process where a wooden or clay disc is inserted into their lower lip. ... Among the world's most dangerous tribes is Ethiopia's notorious Mursi tribe.