The Bizarre Lip Plate Tradition

An extreme cultural practice that has its own beauty standards for women

Yewande Ade
History Street

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A woman with a lip plate. Source: ICDO website

LLip 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.

Apart from Ethiopia, there are other countries where the lip plate tradition is also…

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