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Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online
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Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online
![Young long-neck Kayan woman (“giraffe woman”) with tribal Padaung brass neck rings/coils and traditional thanaka face cosmetic poses for the camera Stock Photo - Alamy Young long-neck Kayan woman (“giraffe woman”) with tribal Padaung brass neck rings/coils and traditional thanaka face cosmetic poses for the camera Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2BBCJ55/young-long-neck-kayan-woman-giraffe-woman-with-tribal-padaung-brass-neck-ringscoils-and-traditional-thanaka-face-cosmetic-poses-for-the-camera-2BBCJ55.jpg)
Young long-neck Kayan woman (“giraffe woman”) with tribal Padaung brass neck rings/coils and traditional thanaka face cosmetic poses for the camera Stock Photo - Alamy
![Thailand: A Padaung (Long Neck Karen) woman after removing her neck rings for cleaning, village near Mae Hong Son. The Padaung or Kayan Lahwi or Long Necked Karen are a subgroup of Thailand: A Padaung (Long Neck Karen) woman after removing her neck rings for cleaning, village near Mae Hong Son. The Padaung or Kayan Lahwi or Long Necked Karen are a subgroup of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CC85KB/thailand-a-padaung-long-neck-karen-woman-after-removing-her-neck-rings-for-cleaning-village-near-mae-hong-son-the-padaung-or-kayan-lahwi-or-long-necked-karen-are-a-subgroup-of-the-kayan-a-mix-of-lawi-kayan-and-several-other-tribes-kayan-are-a-subgroup-of-the-red-karen-karenni-people-a-tibeto-burman-ethnic-minority-of-burma-myanmar-2CC85KB.jpg)
Thailand: A Padaung (Long Neck Karen) woman after removing her neck rings for cleaning, village near Mae Hong Son. The Padaung or Kayan Lahwi or Long Necked Karen are a subgroup of
![In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched](https://external-preview.redd.it/m9HX5L60Gryf8Ke4M6oSceAhOLJtTDpEUgIQejMHN_w.jpg?auto=webp&s=7736067a637cd0fa13abaf8c89ccbb537719ad3a)
In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched
![According to legend, Padaung women in Myanmar wore heavy stacks of brass neck rings to fend off tiger attacks. Added one at a time from childhood, the rings do not stretch the According to legend, Padaung women in Myanmar wore heavy stacks of brass neck rings to fend off tiger attacks. Added one at a time from childhood, the rings do not stretch the](https://preview.redd.it/4gpli6ygxbx11.jpg?auto=webp&s=3189f9e00442273b54e633d1112f9fbf807d7ae2)