NOTES+ON+THE+MYANMAR+BEAUTY

 Sara, please use the red text in the powerpoint, otherwise the worksheet has missing information. =guys I highlighted some of the notes because those are the ones that I used already I don't know about you. when you finish with one of the notes highlight it in any color you want. just wanted to let you know. =
 * Long necks are considered very beautiful in the Padaung Tribe in southeast Asia
 * Tribe member achieve this beauty by adding a continuous brass coil not brass rings
 * By adding this the neck's appearance can be lengthened as much as 30 cm
 * Although the coils make the neck look longer, it really isn't. The long neck is just an illusion
 * The coils do not deform or stretch the neck
 * There is no danger in taking off the coils, people do sometimes take them off
 * People were called the giraffe women
 * They were insisted to have the coils on their necks
 * The coils are also looked at as social barriers
 * It is not mandatory to have the coils on
 * Not many people have the coils on anymore
 * If you have the coils on you are tied to the tribe
 * Women wore corsets around their hips which caused extremely painful physical damage
 * The rings were put on girls at about the age of 5 or 6
 * The rings had to be worn on the arms and legs also
 * The women wore the rings because their princess started to wear them a lot
 * The coils are weights that push the collar bone down and compresses the rib cage. The popular belief is that the coils outstretch the neck
 * The neck is only lengthened by pushing the shoulder blades down
 * When asked, Padaung women usually say the rings are for tribal identity and their mothers wore the coils
 * Women do not suffocate when the rings are removed. (they are occasionally)
 * Women in the tribe are called "Long necks" or "Giraffe Women"