Kayan tribe believe the coil helps enhance a woman’s beauty and femininity and protect them from tiger attacks FOR centuries, the women of the Kayan tribe who have been dubbed the “giraffe women” have ...

These women wear coils of brass around their necks that create the illusion of elongated necks have an unusual story that we're about to uncover. The Kayan Lahwi people originate from the regions of ...

MAUNG TAN, Thailand — Until five years ago, the Burmese “giraffe” women were dying out. Few modern women of the Padaung tribe were interested in wearing 10 to 20 pounds of 6- to 12-inch brass coils ...

2002-03-10 04:00:00 PDT Nai Soi, Thailand-- The tourists had gone for the day, pictures taken, souvenirs in hand, and the little settlement of Nai Soi near the border of Burma had reverted to the ...

Wearing a stack of bronze neck coils -- a sign of beauty for her Kayan tribe -- Mu Par dreams of a time when all "long-necked" women can return to Myanmar from Thailand where they are a tourist ...

The Kayan use the coiled rings to stretch their necks INCREDIBLE pictures have captured the lives of one of the elusive mountain tribes of northern Thailand. They show the Kayaw, the ‘Big Ears’, who ...

FOR centuries, the women of the Kayan tribe who have been dubbed the "giraffe women" have sported elaborate brass coils around their necks. The tribe live in the north west province of Mae Hong Son in ...

INCREDIBLE pictures have captured the lives of one of the elusive mountain tribes of northern Thailand. They show the Kayaw, the 'Big Ears', who have large rings in their ears to stretch their lobes, ...