Mursi Tribe of the Omo Valley, South Ethiopia

Mursi tribe Village Omo Valley Ethiopia

The Unique Lip Plate Tradition of the Mursi Tribe in Ethiopia #facts

The MURSI Tribe in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Women of the Mursi and Suri tribe may have their lips cut at the age of 15 or 16 after which a small clay plate is then inserted into the lip. Through the years, larger plates are inserted into the lip causing it to stretch; The men pay the chosen girls father with cattle for marriage and the bigger the lip plate the more cattle it will cost. The women understand how much their husbands have paid for their Mursi or Suri Tribe marriage and wear their symbolic lip

Mursi Plate: Cultural Symbol of Ethiopia's Vibrant Mursi Tribe