![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
![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
![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
![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/2016/08/29/14/37AD53E700000578-3763475-The_Kayan_women_of_Kayah_state_stretch_their_necks_with_brass_ri-a-1_1472478063150.jpg)
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 Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/29/13/37AF44F000000578-0-image-a-28_1472475434220.jpg)
Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online
![Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand - December 27, 2014 :: Kayan Lahwi Woman Known For Wearing Neck Rings, Brass Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand - December 27, 2014 :: Kayan Lahwi Woman Known For Wearing Neck Rings, Brass](https://previews.123rf.com/images/smile19/smile191603/smile19160300006/53868342-pattaya-chonburi-thailandia-27-dicembre-2014-donna-kayan-lahwi-noto-per-indossare-collari-le-bobine-.jpg)
Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand - December 27, 2014 :: Kayan Lahwi Woman Known For Wearing Neck Rings, Brass
![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)