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 ...

Mursi is a unique Surma tribe in Southern Sudan and the language they speak is also called Mursi. Why girls of the Mursi tribe must remove their teeth and stretch their lips before they marry When a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Know about Ethiopian tribe girls who have lip plates implanted at puberty New Delhi: It may look odd to us, but in the Ethiopian Suri tribe, this enormous lip plate is actually a sign of beauty. When ...

Lip plating is a body modification common to many African tribes, especially women in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan. The lip plates or discs, as often called, are made out of clay or wood of about 5 cm ...

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 ...

When people say "you're all mouth" to Ataye Eligidagne they mean it literally. Because this is the woman with the largest lips in the world. Ataye, 20, who lives in southern Ethiopia, dons a lip disc ...