![Meet the Thai Kayan tribe whose women have their necks stretched to incredible lengths using brass coils from the age of four Meet the Thai Kayan tribe whose women have their necks stretched to incredible lengths using brass coils from the age of four](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nintchdbpict000319026720.jpg)
Meet the Thai Kayan tribe whose women have their necks stretched to incredible lengths using brass coils from the age of four
![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
![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
![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)
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
![Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/29/14/37AD54B300000578-3763475-He_did_in_fact_see_one_woman_who_had_removed_her_neck_rings_and_-a-10_1472478063373.jpg)