![Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/29/14/37AD51E700000578-3763475-The_brass_coils_make_the_women_s_necks_appear_long_when_in_reali-a-3_1472478063182.jpg)
Photographer Dmytro Ghilitukha captures members of Kayan tribe 'stretch' their necks | Daily Mail Online
![Girls as young as 5 wear nine-inch brass coils on necks in rarely-seen tribe - World News - Mirror Online Girls as young as 5 wear nine-inch brass coils on necks in rarely-seen tribe - World News - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article22633336.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_PAY-h_MDRUM_Long-Necked_Ladies-2.jpg)
Girls as young as 5 wear nine-inch brass coils on necks in rarely-seen tribe - World News - Mirror Online
![Nat Geo Travel on Twitter: "Giraffe-Like women of the Padaung tribe view neck rings as a reminder of their folklore origins https://t.co/UWCKhPGMEM" / Twitter Nat Geo Travel on Twitter: "Giraffe-Like women of the Padaung tribe view neck rings as a reminder of their folklore origins https://t.co/UWCKhPGMEM" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/805698259675152384/pu/img/o4qwUYe3ztwdhF4N.jpg)
Nat Geo Travel on Twitter: "Giraffe-Like women of the Padaung tribe view neck rings as a reminder of their folklore origins https://t.co/UWCKhPGMEM" / Twitter
![In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched In certain Asian and African tribes, women wear neck rings to elongate the neck which is associated with beauty in their culture. The rings can be removed as punishment (since the stretched](https://external-preview.redd.it/m9HX5L60Gryf8Ke4M6oSceAhOLJtTDpEUgIQejMHN_w.jpg?auto=webp&s=7736067a637cd0fa13abaf8c89ccbb537719ad3a)