Mar 2017
In the far flung
Corner of the country born
There are tribal
Women,still, with ash
Cosmetic, red-soil
-made hair lotions
And plates inserted
In their lower lips
Themselves their way adorn!
When tourists
Pay such women
A handsome money
To take their photo
Young girls follow suit
"Slit your lower lips
And insert a plate!"
As a motto! //
Corner of the country born
There are tribal
Women,still, with ash
Cosmetic, red-soil
-made hair lotions
And plates inserted
In their lower lips
Themselves their way adorn!
When tourists
Pay such women
A handsome money
To take their photo
Young girls follow suit
"Slit your lower lips
And insert a plate!"
As a motto! //
When a Suri girl reaches puberty her two bottom teeth are removed and a small clay plate inserted which is slowly increased. The larger the plate the more cows her father can demand in dowry when she marries
