Head portrait of a Kayan Lahwi woman with brass neck coils and traditional clothing. The Long Neck Kayan (also called Padaung in Burmese) are a sub-group of the Karen ethnic people from Burma. They wear spiral coils around their neck and lower legs.They are also nicknamed 'giraffe women'.The neck itself is not lengthened; the appearance of a stretched neck is created as under pressure on the collar, the ribs lower and the shoulders and clavicles collapse. Pan Pet Region, Kayah State, Myanmar April 2019.
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