Portrait of a long necked Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, AsiaThe women of the Padaung hill tribe wear heavy brass ornaments around their neck and limbs. These ornaments look like separate rings but are really a continuous coil of brass that can weigh anywhere from five to twenty-two kilograms and measure up to 30 meter in length. The quantity of visual rings (in reality, the length of the brass coil) is increased every year, according to the age of the woman.

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe girl, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman weaving on a hand held loom, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman weaving, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Group of 'Long necked' Padaung tribe villages, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Bezel of a ring showing the king venerating the sun-god, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Colourful wall paintings in the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

Diamond rings in the Gold Souk, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Colourful wall paintings in the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

Colourful wall paintings in the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

Gate church of John the Baptist in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sergiyev Posad, Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

Holy Trinity Cathedral, The Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sergiev Posad, Golden Ring, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Europe

Jewish wedding ring, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Europe

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View over an Orthodox church and the Volga River, Plyos, Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

The golden domes of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sergiyev Posad, Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

Two 'Big ears' Padaung tribe girls in Nai Soi, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of two 'Long necked' Padaung tribe women, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe girl, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Hand of Buddha, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Trinity Cathedral in the Ipatiev Monastery, Kostroma, The Golden Ring, Russia, Europe

Kuna woman with gold nose ring, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Kuna woman with gold nose ring, San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

Gold ear ring worn by a Maldhari Gujjar, Gujarat, India, Asia

Woman wearing traditional dress, Kenya, Africa

Close up of groom holding wedding rings

View at gold jewellery with gemstones, Souk, Muscat, Oman, Middle East, Asia

Close-up of golden rings, Souk, Muscat, Oman, Middle East, Asia

Bride with the typical wedding jewellery during the wedding ceremony, in the village of Gangi, India, Asia

Bride with the typical wedding jewellery during the wedding ceremony, in the village of Gangi, India, Asia

Napkin with precious napkin ring, golden crown, Germany, Europe

Transfiguration Cathedral built in the 16th century in Suzdal. UNESCO World Heritage Site. A Golden Ring Travel Russia

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Suzdal, Russia, November 06, 2015. Museum of Wooden Architecture in the golden tourist ring, Europe

Transfiguration Cathedral built in the 16th century in Suzdal. UNESCO World Heritage Site. A Golden Ring Travel Russia

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Large clock and two gold wedding rings as a sign outside a jewellery store, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Woman, Karen, Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Putting a wedding ring on a finger

Putting a wedding ring on the finger

Imperial Hotel, Ringstrasse, ring street, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Jewelries and garlands in a store

When a woman is married she will wear a large nose ring. Rajahstan, India, 2008

Wedding Bands Placed Over The Scripture Hebrews 13:4, Waco, Texas, United States Of America

Gate-Church of St John and tower, Kremlin, Golden Ring; Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Wedding Bands, Waco, Texas, United States Of America

MALI Body Decoration Smiling African woman wearing floral headscarf and small gold nose ring through her septum

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PANAMA San Blas Islands Ustupu Kuna Indians Portrait of smiling Kuna woman with gold nose ring and black line drawn along length of nose thought to enhance beauty. Cuna Caribbean American Central America Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Latin America Latino Panamanian West Indies

Smiling Lambani Gypsy woman with gold nose ring Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat, People, Karnataka, India

Smiling Lambani Gypsy woman with gold nose ring Tribal forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat, People, Karnataka, India

Smiling Lambani Gypsy Tribal woman wearing gold nose ring Forest dwellers now settled in 30-home rural hamlets Related to the Rabaris gypsies of Kutch Gujarat, People, Karnataka, India

Precolumbian Gold Nazca Culture, 100-700AD mummy with gold ornaments and wrapped in feather blanket in collection of the Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

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Person holding cross at Sant'Efisio procession, Pula village, Sardinia, Italy