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Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Nobody: 2:45am On Mar 05, 2021
Tribeswomen in the Suri tribe, native to Ethiopia, wear the huge lip plates to determine their wedding dowry in cattle. The bigger the plate, the bigger the payment

A tribe in Africa gets budding brides to wear large lip plates to determine how much cattle they are worth. Suri tribeswomen, native to Ethiopia, sport lip plates up to 10 inches wide.

Tori Bohn, 56, from Bali, Indonesia, captured these stunning images in Kibish, in the southwest of the African country.

Another of her pictures sees an elder female of the tribe wearing a headdress of corn and displayed how her oversized and stretched lip appeared with the plate removed, hanging down below her chin.

Kibish is located in the Omo Valley, a region that is home to eight tribes with a total population of roughly 200,000.

Tori, who spent three days with the Suri tribe learning about their decorative lip plates, said: "I couldn't take my eyes off the first woman who approached me wearing a large lip plate.

"In person, it creates an even greater impression. It's a practice I wanted to learn more about.

"The girls make a slice in their lower lip during puberty and remove two of their lower teeth so later in life, they don't hit against the lip plate.

"They then use a system of ever-increasing sizes of fired clay plates to stretch the lip to extraordinary sizes. They told me that some of the largest plates measured sixteen inches.







"To the Suri, the lip plates represent beauty. The larger the plate, the more cattle negotiated for wedding dowries although it seemed the percentage of women choosing to wear a lip plate was getting smaller.

"Some of the young women we spoke to who chose to have a lip plate said they didn't like the difficulty of eating or drooling with the elongated lips.
"Most though had elongated ear lobes instead and wore large clay disks there.

"The women were quite accommodating in showing us how they put their lip plates in and take them out. "They had a great sense of humour and we had a good laugh together."

Business owner Tori took three days to reach the remote tribe.

There are thought to be around 7,500 Suri tribespeople left and their economy is centred around the tribe's cattle. Tori said: "You must get permits to visit and take all your own tents, food, and water.





"We had to hire an armed guard to accompany us throughout our three-day stay. The Suri people were excited to see us as visitors were somewhat rare.

"Several large sugar plantation factories are being built along the Omo River, which supports this tribe, and many fear this will cause the Suri - and other tribes - to abandon their traditions in exchange for factory work.

"A bridge across the Omo could bring more groups into this quieter part of the valley. We need to protect these cultures."

Earlier in 2021, the Daily Star told how men in the Suri tribe batter each other with sticks in a "masculinity contest" to win the hand of a bride.

Spanish photographer Xavier Gil Tabios, 62, witnessed the outlawed "Donga" contests while staying with the Suri people for seven days.

He said: "They fight to demonstrate masculinity, for personal revenge, and to win a wife.

"The participants fight two by two until one winner emerges from the tournament."





Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/meet-remote-tribe-women-wear-23593055

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by matezy(m): 2:55am On Mar 05, 2021
This is serious

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Amotolongbo(f): 3:38am On Mar 05, 2021
Why do many cultures associated with cattle look so barbaric?

Please add graphics to the pictures

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by illicit(m): 4:04am On Mar 05, 2021
How do they talk

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by martolux(m): 5:48am On Mar 05, 2021
Culture is a way of life of a group of people.....But this seem to be a barbaric culture to me.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Nobody: 6:18am On Mar 05, 2021
How do they eat and speak?


What if insect enter their mouth from the opening and choke them?

How do they yawn and mo*n?


Edited: these people are joyfully designing their body as they wish. But down here in Nigeria you’ll be castigated for drawing something as simple as a tattoo, nose rings and the likes.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Joeblazeochola(m): 6:25am On Mar 05, 2021
I dont see any beauty here, this is more like *torture*

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Mario1989(m): 7:03am On Mar 05, 2021
This is the kind of stories that should always be on front-page and not sex stories.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Gamer999: 7:18am On Mar 05, 2021
This is disgusting and terrifying, like wtf is this nw tueeh

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by espn(m): 7:41am On Mar 05, 2021
Abeg where the women dem dey fight for....

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Nobody: 7:48am On Mar 05, 2021
These should not be classified as homo sapiens.
They should be called homo habilis.
There should be more to being homo sapiens than standing upright.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by LoveFayfay(f): 7:48am On Mar 05, 2021
Amazing huh

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Kiddogarcia(m): 8:06am On Mar 05, 2021
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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by AgentGoat: 8:12am On Mar 05, 2021
Disgusting.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Harry00(m): 8:20am On Mar 05, 2021
Carchoice:
How do they eat and speak?


What if insect enter their mouth from the opening and choke them?

How do they yawn and mo*n?

how do dey do bj

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by pepperdemzombie: 8:21am On Mar 05, 2021
They came there from Daura.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by mrgbenga1: 8:32am On Mar 05, 2021
Wonders shall never cease.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Kingluqman(m): 8:39am On Mar 05, 2021
This is graphic pictures abeg

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Gofwane(m): 8:44am On Mar 05, 2021
Africans with their terrible cultures.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Nobody: 9:01am On Mar 05, 2021
Dis Is Also One Of D Reasons D Whites Call Africans Animals.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by porthouse7(f): 9:09am On Mar 05, 2021
extremely disgusting

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by inegbedion30210: 9:10am On Mar 05, 2021
This is graphic pictures abeg

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by LikeAking: 9:28am On Mar 05, 2021
Some body say "God Forbid"

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Nobody: 9:43am On Mar 05, 2021
shocked Looks so painful

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Nobody: 9:45am On Mar 05, 2021
these ones mouth go dey smell

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by IfeMiLove: 9:47am On Mar 05, 2021
The plates are removable.



Lalasticlala front page material.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Offpoint1: 9:47am On Mar 05, 2021
Beautiful and colorful, wish to marry one of "em.

The mentally enslaved ones will call it barbaric, people who in 100 years time their offspring will have non idea of their roots, but that of the West.

The moment we lost our culture, we've lost our history and root.
The ruins, the moral decay, corruption and reprobates in our society today is as the result of Cultural-Lost.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Refinedbeing(m): 9:54am On Mar 05, 2021
What the f. So much discomfort all for fashion.

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by cassidy1996(m): 9:59am On Mar 05, 2021
weird

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Yahman1(m): 10:18am On Mar 05, 2021
Choi


Sometimes I wonder



what these White explorers who



come across things like this in Africa


Think or Say to their Friends and Families


back when they are in


their Home countries cheesy

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by merieam16(f): 10:27am On Mar 05, 2021
espn:
Abeg where the women dem dey fight for....
u no see picture ni...aint they bintiful lolz

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Re: Suri Tribeswomen Of Ethiopia Who Wear Large Lip Plate To Determine Worth In Cows by Apreecauts: 10:33am On Mar 05, 2021
Truvel:
Dis Is Also One Of D Reasons D Whites Call Africans Animals.

Which animals have you seen doing this? Please I genuinely want to know.

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