Baale

[aka Baalesi, Baallessiye, Baaye]

Classification: Surmic

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threatened

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The Unique Surma People of Ethiopia Wear Lip Plates!

A practice common among the tribes of the Surma people (including the Baale), is the insertion of a clay plate into the bottom lip of young girls and women. A traditional post-wedding celebration is shown further on in the clip, in which the people can be heard singing as they dance and clap in a loose circle.

Zaan Ali

Ethiopia

Jan. 20, 2012

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