They believe this practise may help to chase away flies and stay out of insect bites. Every morning the Suri like to apply the ash and even body painting with fresh cow dung all over their body. They use arrow to punch a small hole on the cattle’s neck to draw blood in the morning and to consume the blood immediately on the spot freshly. Suri’s village life is largely communal, sharing the produce of cattle milk and blood.
Children are sometimes painted with white clay paint, which may be dotted on the face or body. However getting more young women are refusing to have their lips pierced. Women like to beautify themselves by insert a clay lip plate between bottom teeth and bottom lips. This practise is extremely important when seeking a better half, therefore they are very competitive, at the risk of serious injury and even death sometimes. They have a fierce culture called Donga, a stick fighting. The police allow foreigners to travel there only with a hired armed guard. Their homeland is remote, located in desolate mountains, and traditional rivalries with their tribal neighbours such as the Nyangatom become quite bloody as automatic firearms have become available from the parties in the Sudanese Civil War. Approximately with a total population 180,000 inhabit within the south-western region of Ethiopia. Originally known as Surma and a collective name given by the Ethiopian government as Suri.
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