In actually, most tribes consider an enormous lip plate a traditional sign of beauty. It’s a different story for tribal men. For example, in some Amazonian tribes, young males traditionally have their lips pierced as a rite of passage and to indicate status and prestige. In the Kayapo tribe, an indigenous Brazilian group from the plain islands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, senior tribal men wear saucer-like discs up to 8 inches wide; the largest lip plate is worn by the tribe’s great orator and leader, Chief Raoni.