Critiques

haabet (0) 2008-10-02 11:56

--- Traditionally, only Padaung girls born on a Wednesday of a full moon were destined to have their necks fitted with the coils. ----

They get the first coil at full moon at age about 4 years old. By the ceremony the girl been new-born as daughter of the first ancestress, a she dragon. I think something is lose in a translation.

haabet (0) 2008-10-02 11:23

It is only Kayan-woman, who use the neck coils. Kayan is a political and religious society which former was spread, but today is reduced to some members of Karen people and Padaung people. Note: Karen and Padaung do not have any linguistic community, Padaung is a linguistic island, Padaung is difficult persons, and of that cause rare seen of tourists.

The long neck been created by massage, massage and a support from the coils. The weight can only stretch the musculature after massage had soften them.

haabet (0) 2008-09-29 6:56

This is the best image of a Kayan on all the internet.

haabet (0) 2008-09-20 23:22

Paduang and Karen are very different nations from different states in Burma; but both Paduang and Karen have some members of Kayan-society. If the tourist brochure tell about Long Neck Tribe, Long Neck Karen, the woman are Kayan from Karen. Because they a easy to get on with.

Karen people has female order of succession; Matriarchal order of succession.
In Karen people Kayan is a matriarchy and a upper-class. The coils was a capital, and was reserved for heiress.

It is correct as the coils give some protection against tigers, because predator do not like the shining brass.

It is correct as the coils give some protection against slave hunters, because the ransom for a heiress, is greater than the price of a slave.