![A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their](https://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/862-03366174em-a-young-maasai-girl-wearing-a-wooden-plug-in-her-pierced-ear-to.jpg)
A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their
![𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚡𝚒𝚢𝚘. on Twitter: "& since we on this fuckin topic, facial piercings (or face tattoos) are also cultural traditional practises done in endless African countries. 1. Senegal. (Bedik woman.) 2. Ethiopia. (Mursi 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚡𝚒𝚢𝚘. on Twitter: "& since we on this fuckin topic, facial piercings (or face tattoos) are also cultural traditional practises done in endless African countries. 1. Senegal. (Bedik woman.) 2. Ethiopia. (Mursi](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsDqsBcW8AUr6-z.jpg)
𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚡𝚒𝚢𝚘. on Twitter: "& since we on this fuckin topic, facial piercings (or face tattoos) are also cultural traditional practises done in endless African countries. 1. Senegal. (Bedik woman.) 2. Ethiopia. (Mursi
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![Kenya, Turkana, Sirima. A young Turkana girl has had the rims of her ears pierced in seven places and keeps the holes open with Stock Photo - Alamy Kenya, Turkana, Sirima. A young Turkana girl has had the rims of her ears pierced in seven places and keeps the holes open with Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B351J8/kenya-turkana-sirima-a-young-turkana-girl-has-had-the-rims-of-her-B351J8.jpg)
Kenya, Turkana, Sirima. A young Turkana girl has had the rims of her ears pierced in seven places and keeps the holes open with Stock Photo - Alamy
![Surma tribes lip plates for Mursi Tribe and Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley Ethiopia — JAYNE MCLEAN PHOTOGRAPHER Surma tribes lip plates for Mursi Tribe and Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley Ethiopia — JAYNE MCLEAN PHOTOGRAPHER](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/581aae8fd482e9494baaaf15/1632486456525-NO4MXF2INT11ETKQ3PTD/mursi+tribe+lip+plates-1.jpg?format=750w)
Surma tribes lip plates for Mursi Tribe and Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley Ethiopia — JAYNE MCLEAN PHOTOGRAPHER
Surma tribes lip plates for Mursi Tribe and Suri Tribe in the Omo Valley Ethiopia — JAYNE MCLEAN PHOTOGRAPHER
![23 African Custom Tradition Tribal Body Piercing Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images 23 African Custom Tradition Tribal Body Piercing Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1072579460/photo/portrait-of-a-suri-tribe-woman-with-enlarged-earlobes-and-huge-earrings-omo-valley-kibish.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=h9UK_7cnA2yqe7NHFc1ddR6VWwmDalTfNQ2ohclxfAk=)
23 African Custom Tradition Tribal Body Piercing Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images
![23 African Custom Tradition Tribal Body Piercing Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images 23 African Custom Tradition Tribal Body Piercing Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1211135277/photo/jamaa-bauchi-nigeria-portrait-of-an-old-zulawa-woman-with-lip-piercing-and-faded-traditional.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=kgHuQOf1XFpvon49f27J2khcA4JhtGQ6a0e5uMQ8-B4=)
23 African Custom Tradition Tribal Body Piercing Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images
![A Turkana woman wears all the finery of her tribe: brass lip plug, beaded collar decorated with bleached shells of the African land snail, leaf-like ear ornaments and metal earrings from which A Turkana woman wears all the finery of her tribe: brass lip plug, beaded collar decorated with bleached shells of the African land snail, leaf-like ear ornaments and metal earrings from which](https://cdn.superstock.com/4272/Comp/4272-16310.webp)