Surprising Reason Mursi And Suri Tribes Of Ethiopia Wear Lip Plates.Body modifications have been used by Africans for centuries; many of these have been forgotten or gone into extinction, while others still hold true today. Lip plating is one standard of beauty common to many African tribes, especially women in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan. The lip plates or discs, as often called, are made out of clay or wood of about 5 cm and placed in the lower lip.
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