Even in today's world, there are reports of many strange tribes being found in every corner of the world, who remain in the discussion about their unique traditions, culture, and food. People of such tribes have somewhat different behavior and thinking as compared to the modern world, and sometimes we are not even fully convinced that these tribes actually exist or it is just our imagination. Today we will talk about one such tribe, which lives in the lower valley of the River Omo in southwestern Ethiopia in East Africa, known as the 'Mursi Tribe'. Mursi tribe is considered the most dangerous in the world because of their deadly rules like they believe that 'it is better to die than to live without killing another'. So let's know some amazing facts about the Mursi tribe people and also about how they spend their life by cutting themselves off from the outside world.
1. The total population of the Mursi tribe is around 10 thousand and they always remain in the spotlight regarding their traditions as their unique traditions and customs always make them the biggest subject of discussion.
2. In order to avoid people with evil eyes, the women of the Mursi tribe undergo body modification, i.e, through this process, they wear a disc or plate made of wood or clay in their lower lips, which is particularly made of colored painted clay or wood.
3. The lips of Mursi tribe girls are pierced at the age of 15 or 16 in order to wear these wooden discs or plates, known especially as Lip plates. Due to such body modification, women here remain the center of attraction among the tourists.
4. There are many theories about the origins of the lip plate tradition. One theory says that Mursi men wanted to protect their women by making them ugly, but how true this fact is we cannot say.
5. A girl has to go through a lengthy process to get the tribe's identification mark, in which, at the age of 15, the girl's mother pierced her daughter's lower lip along with other female companions of the tribe. When this wound heals, a small wooden stick is inserted into her lower lip. The lip is then slowly stretched over a period of time. Initially, a small disc is inserted, then after a few months, it is replaced with a larger disc, which remains on her lip for the rest of her life.
6. A girl's beauty is measured by looking at the disc, all married women have such discs or plates in their lips. If a woman does not have such a disc in her lip, it means she is unmarried. But for the last few years, young girls have been opposing this tradition, as they believe that not having their lip cut makes them more modern.
7. People of the Mursi tribe also believe in worship and they believe that a man should always live in the midst of war and danger. So these people drink cow's blood to make themselves strong and powerful, and even before the fight, they drink a lot of cow's milk so that their dignity remains in their group.
8. The men of the Mursi tribe fight with each other for women, as they believe that the man who wins the fight will get the most beautiful wife.
9. Western tourists started coming here in the early 2000s, with some giving a tip as thanks for the permission to take a photo, and this tip was quite a good amount. Soon the Mursi people started realizing that their appearance is unusual and their photographs were worth money, so they started taking money for every photo. Even for small children, the amount was the same, and for a group photo, the price was applicable to the per person rate.
10. Another thing that makes the Mursi tribe different and dangerous is that these people still live according to their old traditions, but they have a lot of modern weapons for protection. It is even reported that they have AK-47 machine guns.
11. Mursi tribe people buy the old model of AK-47 by selling 8 to 10 cows, while its new model is bought by giving 30-40 cows. These weapons are supplied to them from neighboring countries Sudan and Somalia. Because of all these things, this tribe is counted among the most dangerous tribes in the world.
12. The government of Ethiopia wants to bring the Mursi people into the modern world and send their children to school, and give them a better life. But these people do not like this modern life at all, they all want to live in their own world and want to maintain their traditions.
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