The Mursi people have a distinct and very peculiar tradition of having lip plates in their mouths. When a young lady reaches puberty, her lips are cut, and a wooden plate inserted. This wooden plate ...

When the rainy season finishes, a few tourists head into the south of Ethiopia, close to the borders with Kenya and South Sudan. They’re searching for one of the last African tribes that pierce and ...

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 ...