Äthiopien: eine seltene Perspektive einer älteren Frau, ohne sich auf die Lippe. Fotograf Dale Morris erklärte, dass Frauen ihre Lippen über ihre Strecke
ETHIOPIA: A rare perspective of a elderly woman withour her lip plate. Photographer Dale Morris explained that women will stretch their lip over their head of a morning to prepare the lip for its plater. Similar to a make up ritual in the western world. SHOCKING pictures show the strange customs of tribes in the Omo Valley where women are WHIPPED UNTIL THEY BLEED by potential suitors – and they seem happy about it. Graphic photos of the tribes of the Omo Valley in south west Ethiopia portray women proudly displaying their fresh scars alongside old ones; a teenager donned in war paint cradling an AK47; and an elderly woman’s gnarled lip after she removed her enormous decorative plate. The Omo River – and the valley that feeds it – is home to approximately 200, 000 people, split over numerous tribes including the Kara, Mursi, Hamar, Suri, Nyangatom, Kwegu, and Dassanech. Inter-ethnic clashes are frequent and blood often split – sometimes to prevent cattle rustling or to defend territory but just as often in a whipping ceremony between two would-be partners. Mediadrumimages/DaleMorris
