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Photographer  Robert Waddingham {Karma:3389}
Project N/A Camera Model Canon EOS 5D
Categories People
Portrait
Travel 		Film Format Digital RAW
Portfolio Ethiopia 06/07
 Lens Canon 24-105 f4 IS L
Uploaded 1/13/2007 Film / Memory Type n/a
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Country - Ethiopia   Ethiopia
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ricardo longhi-frantz   {K:9628} 1/13/2007
just amazing! some indians here in Brazil still use such plate or stick adornments in lips and noses. fascinating !

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Robert Waddingham   {K:3389} 1/13/2007
Thanks Joe. Many, many more to come...

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Joe Brown Joe Brown   {K:23213} 1/13/2007
Great series of shots Robert. I was not aware there these people are still practicing these traditions.

Joe

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Earl Dotson   {K:952} 1/13/2007
Thanks Robert for the reply

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Robert Waddingham   {K:3389} 1/13/2007
No-one is really sure about the reason for the lip-plate, but all Mursi women over a certain age wear it - it does not signify leadership. The most popular theory is that it developed during times of slave-raiding to make the women less attractive to the slavers.

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Earl Dotson   {K:952} 1/13/2007
This is Interesting. whats the thing in the lip about. Does it hold some kind of leadership? Great shot .

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