The long-necked Padaung women
Padaung is one of eight Kayah ethnic minorities in the Kayah State, Southwest Myanmar. Wearing a lot of copper bracelets, women who live in Inle Lake Padaung has an elongated neck, iridescent with gold. From immemorial time, they have believed that the wearing of rings on the neck, hands and feet will protect themselves from evil tigers.
Therefore, only when the girl was 8 years old, they would be honored to wear the first bracelet. For every year she was wearing a more, and the more brass rings a woman wearing, the more respect she will receive from the locals.
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