The Bizarre Lip Plate Tradition
<p>Lip plates are predominantly used by the Mursi, Sara and Suma tribes in Ethiopia. These tribes are well known for the large clay plates that their women wear on their lower lips.</p>
<p>Apart from Ethiopia, there are other countries where the lip plate tradition is also prominent, as archaeologists have <a href="https://www.medicalbag.com/home/features/body-modification/pucker-up-lip-plating-still-in-vogue-in-remote-tribal-villages/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">discovered</a> evidence of women using lip plates and labrets in Sudan (8700 BC), South America (1500BC) and Ecuador (500BC).</p>
<p>Once a female reaches the age of 15–16 years, another woman of the same tribe will cut her upper lip and insert a wooden plate into it.</p>
<p>As time passes, bigger sticks are added to the already stretched lips. Different plates can be exchanged as the lip stretches further.</p>
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