Picture of the Week #39


The famous "neck ring" wearing Padaung tribe women of Burma.  Long necks are considered attractive in their culture.

Tourists pay to pose with her and take photographs - it's almost like a zoo.
What else is she supposed to do to earn a living?  Her people are fighting the Burmese government for their own autonomous region.  As a result, many are displaced and have become refugees in their own country (like the Kashmiri Pandits) and in neighbouring Thailand.

3 comments:

Mee said...

do do they sleep with this neck wear or does it come off at sleep time?

Neeraj | www.bharari.net said...

Nope, that thing doesn't come off at night!

Mee said...

gosh tat must be a killer!:(