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

Woman and child of Yao minority (Long Hair) tribe, Longsheng terraced ricefields, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China, Asia

Dragon at the Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Asia

Giant Buddha at the Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Reclining Buddha at Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Detail of traditional dress of Long Necked Padaung woman, Mae Hong Son Province, northern 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

Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Vietnam

Giant Buddha at the Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck girl, Paduang tribe, Mae Hong Son in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long neck girls, Paduang tribe, Mae Hong Son in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a Long Neck girl of the Paduang tribe at Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long Neck girls (giraffe girls) (Padaung girls, Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long Neck girl (giraffe girl) (Padaung girl), Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Long Neck girl (giraffe girl) (Padaung girl), Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Paduang woman (Long-necked people) (Long-Necked Karen), Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Children sitting on dragon, Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Vietnam community water purifying project in village of tam phu, tam pinh district in vinh long province. previously the community would take water directly from a canal, for drinking. thanks to this project, they now have safe drining water. fran thi bich ngoc and her child vo truong vy, taking safe drinking water from a faucet in their home

Long-neck mother and daughter, Padaung tribe, Mae Hong Son, Golden Triangle, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Caucasian father and son riding bicycle

Buddha, Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Khanh Ha, Vietnam

Boy holding a fan, dressed in a bright coloured costume, on the shoulders of male family member, at the annual Poi Sang Long festival, Mae Hong Son, Thailand, Asia

Buddha statue at Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Asia

Young mother working outside her home with her young son in the background playing with an old bike rim. Gbolokai is a small town of a few hundred people 20 minutes off the main road near Totota, all of its inhabitants fled during the long brutal civil war and have slowly returned after 2005 to try and rebuild their lives.

Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang City, Vietnam, Asia; Reclining Buddha

A Pregnant Mother Plays In The Water With Her Young Son, Santa Barbara, California, United States Of America

A Washroom In A Long Necked Village Called Huay Pu Keng Near Mae Hong Son, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand

Portrait Of A Large Family On A Beach Along The Coast, Fox Spit, Whidbey Island, Washington, United States Of America

Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang City, Vietnam, Asia; Relief Of Praying People

Long Son Pagoda, Nha Trang City, Vietnam, Asia; Relief Of Praying People