The Mursi tribe are an African tribe in Southern Ethiopia near the border with Sudan. Very few Mursi people speak Amharic which is the Ethiopian official language and most are unable to read or write. Although a small percentage of the Mursi tribe are Christians, most still practice Animism, believing that plants, animals and some inanimate objects possess spirits. Mursi tribe girls and women wear lip plates in their lower lips. The Mursi girls pierce the bottom lips which are stretched so that a clay lip plate can be inserted. In addition, this African tribe removes the bottom teeth of the girls for esthetic enhancement. Similar to the Hamer tribe, the Mursi tribe commonly drink a mixture of blood and milk as do other African tribes in the region.

pics of Mursi Girls With Lip Plates.

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What da. . . ? ewwww

How can any man find that attractive? ah ahn, it looks painful.

How do they kiss? talk?

Is the whole lower lips stretched to accommodate the plate?

yea how do they talk? is the plates removable? gosh those things are sooooooo gross

~Sissy~:

yea how do they talk? is the plates removable? gosh those things are sooooooo gross

And what kinda food do they eat?
Since the teeth is removed, how do they chew?

uhhmn!

~Sissy~:

yea how do they talk? is the plates removable? gosh those things are sooooooo gross

I learnt that the plate is removable.

FL Gators:

And what kinda food do they eat?
Since the teeth is removed, how do they chew?

Their major meal is mixture of blood and milk, so disgusting

And their major source of income is tourism,tourist are required to pay for each picture of them you take,or each picture you take with them.I also learnt that they eat raw animals, for instance raw intestine of a cow, gushhhh!!I saw all these on a documentary and i nearly vomitted.

oh i know them. We talked about this tribe in my african civilzation/history class. it's claimed that the bigger the lip plate, the more attractive their men saw the women. And yeah, the plate thing comes off; in one of the picture my teacher showed us, one of the lady had hers off and her whole bottom lips was just hanging (it looked disgusting).
It's a weird culture if you ask me. Don't understand how they talked with that thing in their lip and why in the hell someone would go through those kind of torture.

They are looking gross.

family, shmamily,
lip plates, morbidly obese-serially divorced-stretch marks riddled-women

and they think this enhances beauty? africa is really in the dark.

bgees:

and they think this enhances beauty? africa is really in the dark.

Davedavy:

Their major meal is mixture of blood and milk, so disgusting

uhhhm, ewww still nasty

how do they kiss?

I guess they take the plate off

i'm pretty sure they will find civilised women who straighten their hair, paint their faces and nails, and go under the knife gross as well

This ethic group are considered the most aggressive ethnic group in the world. All men of this tribe have Kalashnikov’s automatons which are illegally transferred for them through the border. Besides they start to drink since the early morning, and become uncontrollable till the evening.The Mursi men practice light scarification on their shoulders after killing an enemy, and shave geometric patterns on their heads.
When a young Mursi girl reaches the age of 15 or 16, her lower lip is pierced so she can wear a lip plate. The larger the lip plate she can tolerate, the more cattle her bride price will bring for her father.

Mursi men.

Mursi man

Mursi boys

yaradua and his theiving lot should have been born here

oyb:

i'm pretty sure they will find civilised women who straighten their hair, paint their faces and nails, and go under the knife gross as well

na true, but still, ah ahn

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rotlfmao

I changed my mind, Naija men are not THAT ugly

GEW:

yaradua and his theiving lot should have been born here

rotflmao. . . . oh gosh rotflmaoooooooooooooo

women who dont want lip plates will probably run away.

I hope they dont end up as prostitutes somewhere.

Sounds like a gun running tribe. Maybe they supply arms to other places.

Beauty in the eyes of the beholder is quite true.

Wow, how beautiful

I NO FIT SHOUT,
WHAT A SICK TRIBE. I BET THEY EAT HUMAN BEINGS, THEIR GIRLS WILL BE MORE DIRTY THAN YOROBAH GIRLS.

Ohh Sexy and romantic searching for Mursi Airline ticket right now.
Natural babes not all these fake nail, fake eye lashes, fake bra and pant babes that full everywhere.

Abeg Nigerian Airways dey go dia?

loll presido u neeed help jo