A mature women of the Long neck women Padaung Tribe

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The Karen people are familiar from television documentaries, magazines and encyclopedias as the "long-neck" or "giraffe" tribe. But the women who wear these brass rings on their neck belong to a sub-group of the Karen known as the Padaung. There are other sub-groups who do not and never have practiced this custom. In fact the appearance of a longer neck is a visual illusion. The weight of the rings pushes down the collar bone, as well as the upper ribs, to such an angle that the collar bone actually appears to be a part of the neck

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Thailand
Photo credit: © Ernie Janes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: asia, barbaric, burma, feet, female, girls, gold, legend, necks, outlawed, padaung, primative, rings, spectacle, thailand, tourism, traditional, travel, tribe