Think your “tramp stamp” or Japanese sleeve tattoo is extreme? You ain’t seen nothing yet son! These tribes in Africa take extreme body art to the nth degree.
Louisa Seton, a Sydney-based photographer who was born in Kenya, recently travelled to Ethiopia where she met with members of the Surma and Hamer people.
Here are some of her epic photographers of these people who sport some of the most extreme forms of body art in the world.
Children of the Suri Tribe.
This tribe brew sorghum beer, which is actually quite a lethal concoction when consumed in vast quantities.
Along with the women, children of this tribe decorate themselves with white clay.
Women of the Suri Tribe.
Their lip plates and flowers on their head are used to make themselves beautiful.
The tribes in this remote part of Africa have been engaged in inter-tribal feuds for years.
This girl from the Hamer tribe is not yet married. You can see this by the type of necklace she is wearing (married women have a metal ring around their necks).
Ethiopian Airlines last year launched its first all-female flight from Addis Ababa to Bangkok, an historic occasion for one of the fastest growing and on-time airlines in the world.
