myanmar kayan people
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| navigate by keyword : added also appearance around attractive been bites bone brass cage clavicle coil coils collar compresses created deformation desire dimorphism down dragon exaggerating figure first folklore from girls give have important itself kayan lengthened literally longer look meant might more myanmar neck necks originate over people perhaps probably protect pushes replaced resemblance rings sexual slender start stretched suggested symbolically than that theorised they tiger turns wear weight when women years |
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| Girls first start to wear rings when they are around 5 years old. Over the years, the coil is replaced by a longer one and more turns are added. The weight of the brass pushes the collar bone down and compresses the rib cage. The neck itself is not lengthened; the appearance of a stretched neck is created by the deformation of the clavicle. It has also been theorised that the coils originate from the desire to look more attractive by exaggerating sexual dimorphism, as women have more slender necks than men. It has also been suggested that the coils give the women resemblance to a dragon, an important figure in Kayan folklore. The coils might be meant to protect from tiger bites, perhaps literally, but probably symbolically. |
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