Lip Plates Africa at David Juarez blog

Lip Plates Africa. Among the mursi, when a young woman reaches the age of 15. They were used as a distinguishing sign of social status. However, the lip plate tradition among the makonde died out decades ago. In various parts of africa, particularly in the regions of ethiopia, sudan, south sudan, and kenya, certain tribes adorn their lips with lip. Lip plates, worn by various ethnic groups across africa, carry profound cultural, social, and spiritual significance. Lip plating among the ethiopians has become the most famous in africa, attracting both tourists and sociologists from around the world. Unlike the surma, they would wear their own lip plates on the top lip. The mursi, chai and tirma are probably the last groups in africa amongst whom it is still the norm for women to wear large pottery or wooden discs or ‘plates’ in their lower lips. The plates, which were made from ebony, a dense, dark hardwood that is highly prized for its deep black color and fine texture. The mursi people of ethiopia are renowned for their striking cultural practices, one of the most fascinating being the use of lip.

They were used as a distinguishing sign of social status. The plates, which were made from ebony, a dense, dark hardwood that is highly prized for its deep black color and fine texture. Unlike the surma, they would wear their own lip plates on the top lip. Lip plating among the ethiopians has become the most famous in africa, attracting both tourists and sociologists from around the world. The mursi, chai and tirma are probably the last groups in africa amongst whom it is still the norm for women to wear large pottery or wooden discs or ‘plates’ in their lower lips. In various parts of africa, particularly in the regions of ethiopia, sudan, south sudan, and kenya, certain tribes adorn their lips with lip. However, the lip plate tradition among the makonde died out decades ago. Among the mursi, when a young woman reaches the age of 15. Lip plates, worn by various ethnic groups across africa, carry profound cultural, social, and spiritual significance. The mursi people of ethiopia are renowned for their striking cultural practices, one of the most fascinating being the use of lip.

Surma tribes lip plates for Mursi Tribe and Suri Tribe in the Omo

Lip Plates Africa In various parts of africa, particularly in the regions of ethiopia, sudan, south sudan, and kenya, certain tribes adorn their lips with lip. The plates, which were made from ebony, a dense, dark hardwood that is highly prized for its deep black color and fine texture. However, the lip plate tradition among the makonde died out decades ago. They were used as a distinguishing sign of social status. The mursi, chai and tirma are probably the last groups in africa amongst whom it is still the norm for women to wear large pottery or wooden discs or ‘plates’ in their lower lips. Lip plates, worn by various ethnic groups across africa, carry profound cultural, social, and spiritual significance. Lip plating among the ethiopians has become the most famous in africa, attracting both tourists and sociologists from around the world. Unlike the surma, they would wear their own lip plates on the top lip. Among the mursi, when a young woman reaches the age of 15. In various parts of africa, particularly in the regions of ethiopia, sudan, south sudan, and kenya, certain tribes adorn their lips with lip. The mursi people of ethiopia are renowned for their striking cultural practices, one of the most fascinating being the use of lip.