![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/nintchdbpict000319026692.jpg)
Meet the Thai Kayan tribe whose women have their necks stretched to incredible lengths using brass coils from the age of four
Ripley's Free Slots - This practice of neck elongation is seen as a form of beauty and status by people such as the Hayan people from the mountains bordering Thailand and Burma.
![In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched](https://external-preview.redd.it/m9HX5L60Gryf8Ke4M6oSceAhOLJtTDpEUgIQejMHN_w.jpg?auto=webp&s=7736067a637cd0fa13abaf8c89ccbb537719ad3a)
In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched
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