Talk:Surma people

Same people ?
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I wonder if [Suri] is the same group as the Surma? -- Gyrofrog (talk) 28 June 2005 19:23 (UTC)
 * I'm not exactly sure, but their language belongs to the Surmic group. - Mustafaa 28 June 2005 19:29 (UTC)
 * I've also seen a reference (in a tourist book) to the Mursi. Suri, Surma, and Mursi are all known for the women's use of lip plates. Also I will copy this discussion to Talk:Suri. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 28 June 2005 19:56 (UTC)

These are all languages of the Southeast Pastoral group of the Surmic languages. Suri and Surma seem to be generic terms; there two subgroups, the Chai and the Tirma, that call themselves 'Surma' and their languages 'Suri'. Mursi is another variety of the same cluster. All of this according to some SIL Sociolinguistic Survey Reports (Girard 2002, Dimmendaal 2002). The groups are very closely related both linguistically and culturally. &mdash; mark &#9998; 28 June 2005 21:44 (UTC)

Other Suris
Comment please add an additonal entry to this, Suris are a tribe of Pashtuns/ Afghans, one of India's most famous rulers was Sher Shah Suri so a separate heading is needed for them
 * I've fixed it by turning Suri into a disambig and splitting the article into Suri (Pashtun) and Suri (Ethiopia). &mdash; mark &#9998; 20:07, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Merger
I have merged the pages for all three Surma peoples, the Suri, the Mursi, and the Me'en. Bejnar 03:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Unverified material
The following material is either unverified or may not be encyclopedic. Any entry into article should only be with inline citation.

Bulatovich
A Russian explorer, Col. Aleksandr K. Bulatovich visited in or around 1898.

Polio
The tribe was inoculated against polio by a further white expedition to the region, in or around 1970. Perhaps in memory of these white peoples, children paint their faces white, though this is by no means certain.

Russian TV program
A further Russian expedition of filmmakers recently visited the Surma and made a television programme about them.

Dutch TV progran
In 2007, the Dutch television show Groeten Uit De Rimboe and its follow-up Groeten Terug featured a Suri clan being visited by Dutch people and subsequently visiting the Netherlands themselves. Removed here from article by --Bejnar 20:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

"related groups" info removed from infobox
For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all Infobox Ethnic group infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 23:36, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

add data: music, housing
add data: music, housing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.175.60 (talk) 04:02, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Stick fighting?
There is no source linked to the section of "stick fighting". Could this section be possible trolling/vandalism?

Edit: I found a Daily Mail article that could be a good source for "stick fighting". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4433226/Suri-tribe-Ethiopia-battle-sticks.html


 * Documentation in National Geographic:
 * Beckwith, Carol and Angela Fisher. (1991) "The eloquent Surma of Ethiopia," National Geographic 179.2:76-99.