Brass ring-bound leg of Padaung woman near Loi Kaw eastern Burma

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Padaung woman Moephyie village near Loi Kaw eastern Burma Women from this ethnic group wear coiled neck rings and leg rings made of brass The neck rings which are increased in length as girls get older push down the clavicle and shoulder blades causing deformation and an apparently longer neck This is considered beautiful in Padaung culture a branch of the Karenni ethnic group

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Size: 3386px × 5020px
Location: Loi Kaw, Burma
Photo credit: © Michael Freeman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adornment, beauty, brass, burma, karen, karenni, kaw, loi, myanmar, padaung, rings, woman