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Mrs. Kopp's comments will be in PURPLE! Padaung Tribe of Burma BY: BostonJerseyGals, Brooksh625, JuiceBoxERC, and luv2swimSD Want to see our notes? Outline Works Cited Lesson Plan 6 sentence paragraph EC
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 //**  **// Essay //**  The Padaung Tribe of Burma is considered very strange, disgusting, and even a "Human Zoo". Tourists travel for miles to see this "human zoo." When the tourists arrive they pay to enter and to get their pictures taken with the "giraffe women" of the tribe. The Padaung Tribe of Burma believes that stretching the necks of the tribal women is beautiful, because it is a sign of wealth, beauty, and it also protects their women from harm. Great intro paragraph!

The women of the tribe go through the painful process of getting their necks stretched to protect their necks from tiger attacks. The tribe traditionally only stretched the necks of girls born on a Wednesday with a full moon, but due to the over whelming tourist demand, they now stretch necks of other women. wow interesting! If women don't want to stretch their necks, the tribe doesn't count them as a women. Also, pain is a requirement for young girls of the tribe (youtube.com). Why? The tribe doesn't actually stretch their necks. This would be impossible. Instead, they move the clavicle and ribs descending 45 degrees down from their normal position. Neck stretching would rip the skin and they would bleed probably to death.The Padaung Tribe of Burma's "beautiful" necks are not stretched, the people who think that are simply misunderstood, because the bones won't stretch so quickly and their skin would rip (news.softpedia.com 1).

The rings made out of What are they made out of? Fact missing here weigh about five kilograms each (news.softpedia.com 1). The woman's neck becomes very flimsy and cannot hold the neck up and the death penalty for cheating on one's husband is cutting off of all rings, causing suffocation. They end up weighing at least 20 pounds heavier just because of the weight of the rings. This keeps the women safe from kidnapping, but for a high price. They cannot drink without using a straw, get up without help or look up. They end up with around 20 rings (Gluckman 1).

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Women don't only wear rings on their necks. These strange rings are also worn on their legs, arms, knees, and ankles (burma-all.com 1). The men of the Padaung Tribe wear normal clothes and do not stretch or do anything special with their necks (goldenasiaview.com 1). The women of this tribe also wear colorful dresses and they often wear headbands (nst.com 1). The women wear a bandanna covering sometimes, too (news.softpedia.com 1). These are probably used to protect their skin from the sun. http://news.softpedia.com/images/news2/The-Giraffe-Women-of-the-Neck-Rings-3.jpg  Children in the Padaung Tribe wear rings too. The first couple of rings are placed on their neck at age five. Each year the single band of metal is longer and is wrapped around more times. The "rings" are bigger as it gets closer to the ribs. This is because the "stretching" of the necks change the size from top to bottom (Anitei 1). The number of rings added depends on the growth of the child. If she is not growing much, they will not add as many. If the female hit a point in their life where they are growing dramatically, more rings will be added to them that year (Yin 43). All women to five year old girls require rings now. It is amazing that women so young have to do this horrible, horrible thing to themselves. Although, to these people, it is a beauitiful thing to do, symbolizing so much. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">Interesting!

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The tribe has many reasons for the rings. One reason is that this might make them unattractive for slave trade. Now this might not be as current of a reason now, because there are not slaves, but in the past this might have been //very// affective to them. Their long necks might have given the illusion of that they cannot bend over and work. Another reason is that their skin is often bruised and discolored. They use the rings to cover them. This is a very hard working tribe so they often bruise. They cover legs, arms and wrists, and ankles. Shins often are covered because shins are usually bruised. (news.softpedia.com 1). As stated earlier, there are also protection against tiger attacks. No one knows why this is a protection, but it is. It might be the rings' shine, or maybe the look. This also attracts tourists. This is big money for their tribe. There are many reason's for these rings, it is a very beautiful thing.

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The tribe wears the rings for many reasons. They think that they are beautiful, they could prevent from tiger attacks (Gray 1), and they make the women’s necks longer so they aren’t candidates for slave trade (news.softpedia.com 1). They are very beautiful in their culture and they also believe that if a women does not have rings around their neck, then they are not considered a women (youtube.com). The women also wear them on their legs and wrists(burma-all.com 1). They think that this also makes them beautiful. The Padaung Tribe of Burma believes that stretching the necks of the tribal women is beautiful, because it is a sign of wealth, beauty, and it also protects their women from harm. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">This paper was interesting - there could have been more details and some of the facts were repetitive. Nice work! - Video?? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(38, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 0, 208); text-align: left;">Rubrics for your Research Paper

- The research paper must contain a thesis statement that is discussed and proven in the paper. Stick to your topic. 50 pts +50 -Paper discuss beauty in the culture you were assigned and also reflects on how that beauty is maintained. 30pts +15 -Each group must complete an outline BEFORE they start writing their paper and submit it with the final paper. 20 pts +20 - Parenthetical citations (in MLA format) must be used correctly throughout paper. 25 pts +25 - A works cited page must be included at the end of your paper. 20 pts +20 -Researched information must be paraphrased correctly or in quotes. 25 pts +25 --Each group has used at LEAST two book sources, one internet source, and one database source. 15 pts +15 - Paper includes photos and video that enhance writing. 40pts +20 -Paper contains correct spelling, transitions, complex sentence structures, and good vocabulary. 20 pts +20 -Photos and video are placed in appropriate places in the paper. 15pts +8 <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"> Total Points: 218/260 = 84 B Nice job!