Photos: Long Neck Kayan Ethnic Women

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21 April 2014 14:51 WIB

Mu Shan, a 80-year-old ethnic Kayan woman wears bronze rings around her neck as she poses for a photo in Panpet village, Demoso township in Kayah state (4/15). Some ethnic Kayan women, also known as Padaung, begin wearing the bronze rings on their neck and legs from young. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

21 April 2014 00:00 WIB

Prain, an ethnic Kayan woman who came back home from Thailand to celebrate the Myanmar New Year, looks at herself in a mirror after washing in a lake at Panpet village, Demoso township Kayah state (4/16). Usually they start wearing six to ten rings when they are five to ten-years-old and then they put one more ring every year. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

21 April 2014 00:00 WIB

An ethnic Kayan woman, wearing bronze rings, prepares rice outside her home in Panpet village, Demoso township in Kayah state (4/15). Usually they start wearing six to ten rings when they are five to ten-years-old and then they put one more ring every year. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

21 April 2014 00:00 WIB

Mu Foun, a 5-year-old ethnic Kayan girl looks from behind a fence in Panpet village, Demoso township Kayah state (4/16). Some ethnic Kayan women, also known as Padaung, begin wearing the bronze rings on their neck and legs from young. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

21 April 2014 00:00 WIB

An ethnic Kayan woman, who came back home from Thailand to celebrate the Myanmar New Year, wears bronze rings around her neck as she carries a basket at Panpet village, Demoso township Kayah state (4/16). Some ethnic Kayan women, also known as Padaung, begin wearing the bronze rings on their neck and legs from young. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

21 April 2014 00:00 WIB

Ma Toke, an ethnic Kayan woman burns some trash in front of her home at Panpet village, Demoso township Kayah state (4/16). Some ethnic Kayan women, also known as Padaung, begin wearing the bronze rings on their neck and legs from young. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

21 April 2014 00:00 WIB