this has been the craziest ride ever.
we've had problem after problem after problem
we've been on the road for eight hours i don't know how much longer
we have. we're in like the middle of nowhere,
we just came through a fire,
we've come through um some tribal men that came at us with machetes
um we're having tire problems right now, so we'll see how the rest of this trip goes
uh yeah he really just did that. he literally just took his weapon his donga stick and
rammed it right into my lens. the Suri are no joke no joke.
luckily it wasn't my face. those donga sticks are weapons they use them in combat,
they use them in rituals. you do not want to get on the wrong side of the Suri man
or woman
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so starting at an early age they make a small incision in the lip and
then gradually they stretch it and stretch it and stretch it until they fit the plates in.
rumor has it, that back in the day, they did this to make themselves look ugly
so that neighboring tribes did not kidnap them. well nowadays it's a sign of beauty,
and the bigger the plate the more beautiful she is number one,
and number two, the bigger the lip plate the more cows, or a dowry, a man has to pay for the bride
cows are extremely important. they are the number one source of
income. so the more cows a man has the more rich he is
Suri land is filled with gold, and they have a local shop set up in the village
where they sell and buy gold. this is one of the reasons that they get in
wars with neighboring tribes because other tribes are trying to steal their gold
these women and kids are some of the most creative and artistic people that i have met.
they use flowers, they grind rocks for paint to paint themselves and decorate
themselves. this is a photographer's dream, and it's not just for tourists, they actually
decorate themselves for ceremonies. and i found out that the women will decorate themselves,
i think if we appreciate each other and that's the point of travel and that's the point of
finding out about these places and people and different cultures and you know just to
learn accept each other because we're all different and unique