They are the most terrifying and truly creepy ethnic group on earth. The Mursi tribe lives in the southwest of Ethiopia. The people of the tribe worship the Demon of Death and only recognize him. According to members of the tribe, a particle of evil is contained in each of them, therefore, in their cruelty and aggressiveness, they simply have no equal on the African continent.
Mursi tribe - 7,000 African demons
The average number of the Mursi tribe is 7 thousand people. However, one can only guess how these people still survive, because the whole life of this tribe is aimed at destroying its own body.
According to their religious teachings, the human body is the fetters in which the souls of the Demons of Death languish.
Men and women of the Mursi tribe are short. They have broad bones, short, crooked legs, and flattened noses. They have flabby bodies and short necks. In general, they look painful and repulsive.
Members of the Mursi tribe decorate their bodies with tattoos, however, they do it in a very barbaric way. They make cuts on the body and place insect larvae there, then wait until the insect dies, after which a scar forms at the site of the incision.
The entire Mursi tribe exudes a specific "aroma". They rub their bodies with a special compound that can repel insects.
Women of the Mursi tribe
There is practically no hair on their heads. The women of the tribe adorn their hair with tree branches, marsh molluscs and dead insects. In general, the smell from such an intricate headdress is felt from afar.
Even at a young age, the girls of the tribe are cut through the lower lip, and then they begin to insert round pieces of wood into the hole, increasing their diameter every year. Over the years, the hole in the lip becomes just huge, and on the wedding day, a clay plate is inserted into it, which is called a "debi".
The girls of the tribe still have a choice whether to cut their lips or not, but a very small ransom will be given for a bride without a "debi".
It is believed that this custom originated at a time when Ethiopians were massively taken into slavery, so some inhabitants of the African continent often deliberately mutilated themselves. However, the members of the tribe themselves have repeatedly rejected this version.
On the neck of women of the Mursi tribe, unusual jewelry hangs. They are made from the bones of the phalanges of human fingers. Every day, ladies rub their jewelry with warm human fat so that they shine and delight the eye.
Men of the Mursi tribe
The men of the tribe are often under the influence of drugs or alcohol. There are many firearms in the tribe. Kalashnikov assault rifles are delivered to the tribe from Somalia.
Those men who did not manage to get a submachine gun carry battle clubs with them, with which they are very professional in handling. Often the men of the tribe engage in battles with each other. They are fighting for leadership. Sometimes such fights can end with the death of one of the tribesmen. In this case, the winner must give his wife to the family of the defeated opponent as compensation.
Mursi men adorn themselves with fang earrings, as well as special scars that are applied to the body on the occasion of the murder of one of the enemies. If a man is killed, then on the right hand they carve a special symbol in the form of a horseshoe, if a woman - on the left. Sometimes there is simply no room left on the hands, then resourceful Mursi move to other parts of the body.
The men of the tribe do not wear clothes. Their bodies are completely covered with a white pattern, which symbolizes the shackles of flesh that imprisoned the Demons of Death.
Death priestesses
All women of the Mursi tribe are Priestesses of Death. In the evenings, they prepare special hallucinogenic powders based on swamp nuts. The woman puts the resulting powder on the debi and brings it to the lips of her husband, then they simultaneously lick him. This ritual is called the kiss of death.
Then comes the “dream of death”. A woman throws a hallucinogenic herb into the hearth, and a man sits on special mezzanines under the ceiling of the hut. Intoxicating smoke envelops the native, and he plunges into the realm of bizarre dreams.
The next stage is the "bite of death". The woman rises to her husband and blows into his mouth a special powder made from a mixture of ten poisonous herbs.
Now comes the final part of the "gift of death" ritual. The High Priestess bypasses all the huts and delivers antidotes, however, she does not save everyone, someone from Mursi will definitely die that night. The High Priestess draws a special symbol on the widow's debi - a white cross. The widow enjoys special respect in the tribe, it turns out that she fully fulfilled her duty. She is buried with special honors: the body is placed in a stump of a trunk and hung on a tree.
If an ordinary representative dies in the Mursi tribe, then his meat is cooked and eaten, and the paths are laid out with bones in their settlement.
