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MEET THE ETHIOPIAN TRIBES THAT BELIEVES LIP PLATE DETERMINES YOUR BEAUTY

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Across the world, there are people who have not been swayed by the technological advancement but have rather maintained their traditional way of life.

Some of this kind of people are found around Lake Turkana and the Lower Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia.

The Surma people is made up of three ethnic groups:

  • The Mursi People
  • The Suri People
  • The Mekan people

The Suri and the Mursi share a similar culture. Their women’s beauty is determined by how large their lip plate is.

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Lip plates are usually made of clay or wood and range between 4 and 25 centimeters. To be placed on the lip, two or four teeth are removed before the lower lip is cut to fit the lip plate.


This lip plate process is usually done by their mother when they attain puberty. To stretch the lip, a ceramic disc is placed after the cut and will remain until the initial cut has healed before it is placed with another slightly larger disc.

The process is repeated so that the lip will become large enough to accommodate the first lip plate which is about 4 centimeters. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Apart from designing their skin with incisions and patterns which are sometimes painted, the lip plate is seen as a boost of one’s self -esteem.

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 to be wealthy because her dowry usually falls between 40 cattle (for the small plate) and 60  for the large plate).

Because of the self -worth and importance attached to it, some girls increase their lip plate. To their delight, they are often allowed to design her lip plate.

Most times, the women don the lip plate when their intention is to look more appealing . An example is when they want to serve the meal of their male counterpart; as part of their beauty regime or during special ceremonies.

However, their men only have to undergo body painting as their form of ritual. Each scar on the man tells a story: He has fought and killed an enemy .


What a proud people !

What do you think about them?




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