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hi-lighted means that has been used in essay  Neck Stretching-  
 * Are called Giraffe Women
 * Women wear gold shackles to stretch their necks - class
 * Makes them feel beautiful - class
 * TRADITIONALLY - Only women born on the Wednesday of the Full Moon, have their neck's fitted for coils - but now most girls does it because of tourists demands
 * they also may do it for protection against tiger attacks
 * most of the tribe are located in 3 camps in the noirthwest providence of Mae Hong Son
 * visitors pay a fee to get into the camps and take pictures with the longnecked girls and women
 * sometimes described as the 'human zoo'
 * Grey, Dennis D. ."Padaung 'Giraffe Women'." 2009. 2009 Hearst Seattle Media, LLC. 19 Mar 2009 .
 * Grey, Dennis D. ."Padaung 'Giraffe Women'." 2009. 2009 Hearst Seattle Media, LLC. 19 Mar 2009 [].
 * Women also put brass rings on legs and wrists - class
 * Neck stretching - Rings - sign of wealthiness - class
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">also known as Kayan people
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">neck doesn't elongate, this would be impossible
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"clavicle and ribs descend 45 degrees down from their normal position."
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rings may hv made them unnatractive for slave trade
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">insure that they marry only inside their own tribe
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the rings can be taken off
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">most like to wear them though bc...
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">skin is often brused and discolored
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">also wear rings around their knees
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">maximum weight of coils - 5kg ("The "Giraffe" Women of the Neck Rings." __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Giraffe-Women-of-the-Neck-Rings-37412.shtml __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. 2009. SoftPedia. 19 Mar 2009 [].)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first coil is placed on neck at 5 years old - ("The "Giraffe" Women of the Neck Rings." __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Giraffe-Women-of-the-Neck-Rings-37412.shtml __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. 2009. SoftPedia. 19 Mar 2009 <http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Giraffe-Women-of-the-Neck-Rings-37412.shtml>.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rings are put on while the children are very young, and they add more every year. At the end, they may weigh over 20 pounds!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are only a few thousand women with streatched necks now - <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Yin, Saw Myat. __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cultures of the World - Burma __<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Burma. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1990. (Yin 43)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the limit of rings is around 20
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">weight of rings gradually crushed the collarbones
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">women have been wearing rings for centuries - http://www.gluckman.com/LongNeck.html
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> bones in ribs are moved down by the weight of the rings crushing their bones, causing them to descend - http://www.gluckman.com/LongNeck.html
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the record of the total number of rings in the tribe (all history) is 28 rings - http://www.gluckman.com/LongNeck.html
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a woman isnt a woman unless they have brass rings
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a good women always keeps their rings shiny
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">very few wear rings for their entire life
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some women's specialties are brass rings
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brass rings are only one tube of brass wrapped around the neck many times
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_3zndDGTVI


 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">northern Thiland
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">near Burma border
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pain is a requirement of belonging for young girls
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rings marked them for persicution in Burma
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">customs like neck stretching were outlawed when the military took control of Burma in 1962
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had promised modernizing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">can take off rings- CHECK IT OUT IN THIS VIDEO!!!!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL8ARB5FmsA&feature=relate

men don't wear these long neck coils http://www.goldenasiaview.com/padaung.htm <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">

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Database Notes

every year given a longer neck piece ends up with about 25 when all rings are in place relocated to three remote villages the Thai Jungle enter fee to get into a village is about 8 US$ they can talk and take pictures with the giraffe women

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