Padaung. Long-neck women (35 pics)

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Padaung or Kayan Lahwi is a group of the Karenni people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Burma.
Women start wearing the brass neck coils at the age of five. Each coil is replaced with longer coils as the weight of the brass pushes the collar bone down and compresses the rib cage. Contrary to popular belief, the neck is not actually lengthened; the illusion of a stretched neck is created by the deformation of the clavicle.
Many ideas regarding why the coils are worn have been suggested. One of them is the coils might be meant to protect from tiger bites.
Kayan women, when asked, acknowledge these ideas, but often say that their purpose for wearing the rings is cultural identity (one associated with beauty).

Padaung. Long-neck women (35 pics)

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Comments (8):

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quote | 25 Jun 2009 13:50 | hjhjghjghjgh (user's comments: 0)

2

Do you know what happens if that necklace is taken out? They die.

quote | 25 Jun 2009 17:31 | BEA (user's comments: 0)

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quote | 25 Jun 2009 22:12 | himes (user's comments: 2182)

4

really stupid customs dash2

quote | 25 Jun 2009 22:59 | Dee (user's comments: 0)

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quote | 26 Jun 2009 05:21 | Ariel (user's comments: 362)

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this is some b.s.

quote | 26 Jun 2009 18:24 | red (user's comments: 0)

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They started this tradition because there used to be a big problem with husbands choking their wives.

quote | 27 Jun 2009 08:44 | Double J (user's comments: 24)

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It's not stupid it's their customs, their traditions. Just like in our culture we get our drivers license or go to the prom. That's how they live and this is how we live.

quote | 30 Jun 2009 02:51 | zomborg (user's comments: 0)