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:
do do they sleep with this neck wear or does it come off at sleep time?
Nope, that thing doesn't come off at night!
gosh tat must be a killer!:(
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