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A mysterious ancient tribe in Africa, women began to cut their lips and put plates at the age of 10. Why?

Respect is a very important attitude. Many times what we do is to win the respect of others. If you want to win the respect of others, you should learn to respect yourself in addition to your own success. Respect others and differences. Not everyone in this world has the same way of life as himself. In the face of your own differences, don't learn to blame, but learn to respect.

People with different living habits may live in the same area. For example, many people know that Hui people don't eat pork, so respecting them means knowing what not to do, so they don't do it. In Africa, there is a mysterious ancient tribe called Pan Lip clan. Women here have to cut their lips and put plates since 10 years old. The bigger the plate they can put, the more beautiful this woman is. This may seem strange to many people, but it is so natural in this nation.

The imagination that African tribes have always brought to people is very mysterious, including this round-lipped family. Many people may be surprised when they first see them. Panlip people live in Ethiopia, which is also a country with many ethnic groups. There are many ethnic minorities here, often living alone, and each ethnic group may not know each other's culture very well. The Panlip people are one of them.

The so-called lip curl family is to put a disc in the lips, not only in the lips, but also in the ears. This is the beauty of this nation, which is difficult for outsiders to understand. The plate put inside is called lip plate. Because of individual differences, the size of the plates that each nation can put down is different, so there are many sizes of lip plates, but most of them are made of mud that will not harm the human body, so that they can be worn all the time. Except when eating and drinking water, these people always wear lip plates.

Girls here have practiced tribal measures since childhood, cutting lips and installing lips. To install this kind of lip disc, you must cut the lip, pull out all the teeth in the lower jaw, make a small hole in the lower lip, then put in a small lip disc and open the lip. With the increase of age, the labial disc here will get bigger and bigger.

In this mysterious tribe, women's aesthetics are linked to this lip. The bigger the lip plate a woman can fit, the more beautiful her appearance will be, so that this woman can be sought after by more men and get more gifts from each other when she gets married. The size of this lip plate is also linked to the status of women. The higher the status, the bigger the lip plate. This tribe's aesthetic perception of women is not only strange, but also women will be naked and paint some colors to decorate themselves.

Although their customs have been recorded since 1896, they have a very long history. Although many people find it hard to understand, because many women have lost their lives to install their lower lip plates, which is not a very healthy custom, their customs have been passed down to this day, which is the mystery of this tribe. But no matter how difficult it is to understand, we should also respect other people's cultures and customs.

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The world is so big and there are so many incomprehensible things that we can encounter. We can't ask everyone to be like us, so we should learn to understand and respect the differences between others and us.