Guided by his brother Motibau, in 1947 at the age of 15 he chose to have a painted wooden lip plate (called botoque by the warriors of his tribe) placed under his lower lip. Raoni and other members of the Metuktire tribe encountered the outside world for the first time in 1954.

Raoni Metuktire, a Kayapo man, speaking at the Brazilian Commission on Human Rights and Participatory Legislation In South America among some Amazonian tribes, young males traditionally have their lips pierced and begin to wear plates when they enter the men's house and leave the world of women.

Dec 14, 2023 · With his feathered crown and wooden lip plate, Chief Raoni of the Kayapo tribe is instantly recognizable the world over. He has met with presidents, royals and celebrities to raise funds for Brazil’s Indigenous peoples and to protect their lands.

When he was 15 Raoni started wearing a labret, an ornamental disk which warriors wear on their lower lip when they want to show they are ready to die for their land. The size of the disk is gradually extended to reach its final size after 4 months.

Chief Raoni Mektuktire is internationally recognised as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous culture.

Mar 9, 2020 · He rose to international fame in the ’80s and ’90s for his struggle to protect the Amazon and its indigenous population—his face and emblematic lip plate were all over the media of the time. Since then, he has led a quieter life back in his village, deep in the Brazilian Amazon.

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May 27, 2019 · Raoni is easily distinguishable by the painted wooden lip plate, called a botoque by Kayapo warriors, which stretches his bottom lip. He is one of the last men in his tribe to wear it.

Mentored by his brother Motibau, Raoni began wearing a lip plate – a wooden disc painted with ceremonial designs that warriors from his tribe call ‘botoque’ and wear in their lower lip – when he was 15 years old.

(a) lip plate of Chief Raoni Metuktire, Kayapo tribe, approximately 62 years of age (photograph: Roland Garve, 1992); (b) rods of lower lip, cheeks and nose as well as temporary paintings in...