SEE HOW ARE  AFRICAN LIP DISCS

Africa is a place with very different customs than we used here in our country. One of these customs come from tribes such as the Mursi, the Chai and Tirma that is norm that women wear large lip discs made ​​of wood or ceramic. This album became one of the most striking features of the Mursi tribe and became an attraction for tourists who venture there. When the girl reaches 15 or 16, his lower lip is cut by the mother or some other woman of the village, which kind of puts a cap of wood until the wound improves. From there, the girl will decide how far it wants to have flared lip, by inserting progressively larger and larger disks. The reason that leads these women to do this is not right, but it is speculated that the disk size is related to the wealth of the bride. Another idea that might explain this body modification is to deliberately deface women to make them less attractive to slave traders. In the pictures below, some examples of this strange culture.

Postado há 3 days ago por Bruno Henriques