Long-Neck Villagers in Thailand (38 images)

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A photo gallery tour of the Karen Tribe Long Neck village near Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. Close-up portraits of the villagers show the brass rings and ethic costumes of the women and young girls appealing to tourists and visitors.

Neck ring wearers are confined to their village for life and cannot remove the rings once adorned.

Is this unreasonable explotation of tribal women and girls or a genuine desire to maintain this cultural oddity?

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