To represent fertility and singlehood, which country's Mursi people wear large lip plates?

In Ethiopia's Mursi tribe, young women's lips are cut by older tribeswomen at the age of 15 or 16. A small wooden stick is inserted in the lip to represent the woman's fertility and eligibility for marriage. Increasingly larger discs are inserted over time, stretching the lip.

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