A neck ring is a band of metal worn as an ornament around the neck of an individual. In a few African and Asian cultures multiple neck rings are worn usually to stretch the neck. The Kayan people from the country of Myanmar and Thailand begin to wear neck rings when they are children. Gradually with age the number of "brass coils" worn increases to elongate the neck. The girls of the Ndebele people of South Africa wear neck rings to signify their marriages. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x2856, 2074 KB) Summary This is an image I photographed at a refugee camp in Northern Thailand of a young Padaung hilltribe girl from Myanmar. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x2856, 2074 KB) Summary This is an image I photographed at a refugee camp in Northern Thailand of a young Padaung hilltribe girl from Myanmar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A human neck. ... There are two versions of Ndebele in South Africa, they both belong to the Nguni group of Bantu Languages. ...
The custom of wearing neck rings is related to an ideal of beauty: an elongated neck. Neck rings push the collarbone down and stretch the neck muscles several inches. The stretching of the muscles takes several years to occur. The neck stretching is mostly illusory; the weight of the rings twists the collar bone and eventually the upper ribs to create the illusion of an elongated neck. Contrary to popular belief the neck vertebrae are not elongated, as the used mechanism can not produce such a result. In advanced stages the structural neck trauma from the custom can cause occlusion of venous flow or hematoma results in muscle and palpable mass of the neck. ...
A person who has been wearing neck rings for many years may suffer difficulties with the neck muscles and pain from the weight of the rings[1]. The area beneath neck rings may cause skin infections if left unwashed. To have neck rings removed individuals can go to a hospital and have them taken off. Afterwards the patient must wait several months for their neck muscles to recover. The deformed bone structure minimally returns to normalcy after ring removal.
Sometimes tourism is blamed for encouraging people to wear neck rings as attractions to earn money from tourists. Forcing children to wear neck rings can be considered child abuse to outside observers. A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... Child abuse is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child, often synonymous with the terms child maltreatment and child abuse and neglect. ...
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