Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi

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	Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7a02ecba-5ee3-407f-8e16-0c5886458ce9/1269846F-6EC0-47FC-B04D-A96759DDF372/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html" href="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.hyd-masti.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/3BF9A699-B6DE-4F16-90C3-354095172BF2" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><P>A lip plate, also known as a lip plug or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly larger discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, thereby stretching it. The term labret (pronounced LAY-bret) denotes all kinds of pierced-lip ornaments, including plates and plugs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/22805220-0A2C-4B1E-9018-D268F8856FFE" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><P>Among the Surma (own name Suri) and Mursi people of the lower Omo River valley in Ethiopia,[2] about 6-12 months before marriage the woman's lip is pierced by her kinswomen, usually around the age of 15-18.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/7DA806FA-F2C9-4CDB-BCD5-3EA3579524B3" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html">These days, it appears that Mursi girls of age 13 to 18 just decide for 
themselves whether they want to wear a lip plate or not. The initial piercing is 
done as an incision of the lower lip of 1 to 2 cm length, and a simple wooden 
peg is inserted.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html">After the wound has healed, which usually takes 2 or 3 weeks, the peg is 
replaced with a slightly bigger one. At a diameter of about 4 cm the</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><P>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_plate</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/4A28C25E-23FB-43F7-9B2A-D67BBEB8D397" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/35857081-9418-4C06-A884-59D8C237D72F" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/C1B13CCD-CEA5-48F4-B3C7-1F83CDD3E102" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/1FEE8317-B7EE-41B3-9EA9-91D897082ED2" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/7BC2D869-4AAD-470C-8F95-4720CAA6917F" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/09/ethiopia-tribe-mursi.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hyd-masti.com/img/E0FA57DA-5DB5-4311-A73A-C6C3AE5209EC" alt="Ethiopia: Tribe Mursi" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1269846F-6EC0-47FC-B04D-A96759DDF372/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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