The lip plate, also known as a lip plug, or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or ...

When a young lady reaches puberty, her lips are cut, and a wooden plate inserted. This wooden plate represents an initiation into womanhood. It symbolizes womanhood, fertility and it implies that she ...

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. A ...

The lip plate tradition is valued by both parents because it indirectly means that the father's number of cows will increase when he is paid her dowry. Any man who must marry a Suri or Mursi lady has ...

Know about Ethiopian tribe girls who have lip plates implanted at puberty New Delhi: It may look odd to us, but in the Ethiopian Suri tribe, this enormous lip plate is actually a sign of beauty. When ...

Other images show an elderly woman with stretched ear lobes and male members of the tribe keeping lookout from a tree. Images of Ethiopian tribeswomen with lip plates measuring up to 24 inches show ...

A snake bites piercing is a double lip piercing that sits near the outer corners of the lower lip’s edge. As the name suggests, the placement of the piercing resembles a snake bite. The name “snake ...

It may look odd to us, but in the Ethiopian Suri tribe, this enormous lip plate is actually a sign of beauty. When girls hit puberty they have their bottom two teeth removed in a bizarre ritual before ...

A Pakistani travel vlogger’s Instagram video documenting the unique bridal customs of Ethiopia’s Suri tribe has garnered significant attention, amassing over 9.2 million views. The footage showcases a ...