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Okay here we go again! You girls OWE Gina for catching the mistake!! I. Introduction (theisis)
 * __Outline__**

II. First Paragraph (body art) A.Tattoos B.Cultural Body Paint

III. Second Paragraph (Lip plates) A. What are lip plates B.How they put in lip plates C.Reason for lip plates

VI.Third Paragraph (Beauty) A. What is considered beautiful B.Lip plates (why they are beautiful) C.Body Art (why they are beautiful)

V.Conclusion

Research paper: Imagine removing the lower teeth from your mouth and cutting open your bottom lip and replacing them with a clay or wood plate. This procedure is very painful but it represents beauty, wealth, and power in Ethiopia. The Surma and Mursi women of Ethiopia have a very different outlook of beauty than Americans do. Many of the things they are accustomed to Americans would find incredibly ridiculous. One popular form of beauty in Ethiopia is body art. Body art beauty in the Mursi and Surma tribe of Ethiopia is to paint patterns on their bodies. For the tribe celebrations they paint their bodies white. (The Ethiopian Tourism Commission) punctuation goes after the citation They also paint their bodies white for spiritual reasons.It is very popular ammongst children to paint imaginative patterns on their faces ,as well as their bodies.They use white fossil lime when paitintg patterns on themselves.When a duel is taking place the Mursi and Suma people paint their faces to intimidate their opponent.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surma_people) Good!

Another form of beauty is the lip plate which plays a big role in the beauty and society of the Mursi and Surma women. Lip plates are big plates put into the lower lip. The plates are usually made out of wood, metal, or clay. The bigger the plate, the more a women is worth and the more attractive she will look. They input the lip plate six months before her engagement. To put the lip plate in, they first take out  her lower row of teeth to make room for the plate. Then they make a hole by using a wooden stick and ripping the lower lip wide enough to fit in the plate and when time goes on and her lip is stretched out enough, they will swap out the plate with a bigger one until the desired plate size is put in. This is a very painful process that the women must go through to be considered beautiful. Sometimes the lip tears and if this happens she will be considered ugly.  Interesting! Citations?? The reason for these lip plates are not exactly known. There are three theories: "Some say it's a strategic measure taken by the Surma fore fathers to discourage the Arab slave traitors to who were looking for unblemished slave girls." The second theory is related to the Mursi/Surma people themselves. They believe that evil spirits enter someone through their mouths. So lip plates are a symbol to protect them of the possessing evil spirits. The third is basically for the purpose of the girls' social status and how much cattle she costs for her to be married." (www.13suns.com)

Beauty in Ethiopia is very important, meaning wealth and power not only physical appreance. In order to look this beautiful and receive the power and wealth these women possess they must endure a large amount of pain by getting lip plates. Other concepts of beauty in Ethiopia would be piercings, body art, and scarification. Scarification is performed by slicing their skin with a razor blade then lifting it with a thorn. "This extremely painful procedure is done to represent controlled violence; a way of getting the younger tribe members use to seeing blood and feeling pain."([|www.13suns.com]) Why do they want them to experience this? This is also considered beauty in their tribe. To think that women go through this much pain just to be considered beautifl by their tribe is considered disgusting by us as Americans.

In conclusion, beauty in Ethiopia is very different from our American society. What Ethiopians consider beautiful, Americans would consider abstract. In Ethiopia beautiful is lip plates and painting white paint on themselves, this is not only symbolizing beauty but wealth. Americans consider beautiful as make-up, expensive clothes, wealth, as well as many other things that would seem unlawful. Most of what Ethiopians do and practice for beauty as their norm is totally taboo to Americans.

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Internet sources:  You don't have to separate this by type of source just put them in ABC order 1)"SOUTH ETHIOPIA." __THE MURSI >>The lip plates of Surma and Mursi Women__ 18 Mar 2009 []. 2)"Fascinating Peoples ." 2002. 19 Mar 2009 <[]> 3)__Surma people__. 2009. Wikipedia. 25 Mar 2009 <[]>. 4) "Wiki: Surma people." __Wiki: Surma people.__ 16 Mar. 2009. 26 Mar. 2009. <[]>.

Database sources: 1)turton, david. "Lip-plates and ‘the people who take photographs’: Uneasy encounters between Mursi and tourists in southern Ethiopia." 20june 2004 8. 30 Mar 2009 <[]>.

Rubrics for your Research Paper

- The research paper must contain a thesis statement that is discussed and proven in the paper. Stick to your topic. 50 pts +30 -Paper discuss beauty in the culture you were assigned and also reflects on how that beauty is maintained. 30pts +30 -Each group must complete an outline BEFORE they start writing their paper and submit it with the final paper. 20 pts +20 - Parenthetical citations (in MLA format) must be used correctly throughout paper. 25 pts +20 - A works cited page must be included at the end of your paper. 20 pts +15 -Researched information must be paraphrased correctly or in quotes. 25 pts +25 --Each group has used at LEAST two book sources, one internet source, and one database source. 15 pts +15 - Paper includes photos and video that enhance writing. 40pts +40 -Paper contains correct spelling, transitions, complex sentence structures, and good vocabulary. 20 pts +20 -Photos and video are placed in appropriate places in the paper. 15pts +15

Total Points: 230/260 = 88 B+ 