The lip plate, also known as a lip plug, or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or ...

Women from the Suri tribe in Ethiopia use clay lip plates. From an early age, they pierce and stretch their lips to accommodate the plates. The size of a woman's plate determines the number of cows ...

Fascinating portraits of Ethiopia's Suri tribe show the age-old tradition of inserting clay plates into their bottom lips as a status symbol. Striking pictures show the various Suri tribal people with ...

Mursi is a unique Surma tribe in Southern Sudan and the language they speak is also called Mursi. The plates are inserted into the lip causing it to stretch, and it is said that the larger the clay ...

There’s no denying that advancements made in technology have a pervasive influence on nearly every facet of modern-day living. But, that notwithstanding, there still exists sections of the global ...

Ethnic Mursi women with a Lip plate (lip cup) carrying a pot and holding her baby with one hand at Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Women of the Mursi tribe may have their lips cut at the age of 15 or 16. A ...

Consuming 16,000 calories a day doesn't seem like the road to beautification for most people, but in western Africa it is. A new infographic reveals some of the oddest beauty rituals in the world with ...

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 ...

Other images show an elderly woman with stretched ear lobes and male members of the tribe keeping lookout from a tree. Images of Ethiopian tribeswomen with lip plates measuring up to 24 inches show ...

Pakistani vlogger Shabbir Ahmad shared a video showing a Suri tribe bride's lip plates and goat horn headpieces. The video has over 9.2 million views. A Pakistani travel vlogger’s Instagram video ...