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Myanmar,Burma,Lake Inle. Two Padaung women belonging to the Karen sub-tribe pray at a Buddhist shrine. Their traditional heavy brass necklaces elongate their necks.
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A young Maasai girl wearing a wooden plug in her pierced ear to elongate the earlobe. It has been a tradition of the Maasai for both men and women to pierce their ears and elongate their lobes for decorative purposes. Her two lower incisors have been removed - a common practice that may have resulted from an outbreak of lockjaw a long time ago.
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Myanmar,Burma,Lake Inle. Happy Padaung women belonging to the Karen sub-tribe wearing their traditional heavy brass necklaces which elongate their necks.
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A Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so. The size of the lip plate often determines the quantum of the bride price. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River, the country's largest river.
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A young Maasai girl keeps the holes in her pierced ears from closing with grass and rolled leaves. She will gradually stretch her earlobes by inserting progressively larger wooden plugs. By tradition,both Maasai men and women pierce and elongate their earlobes for decorative purposes.
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A Mursi woman wearing a large wooden lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so. The size of the lip plate often determines the quantum of the bride price. They live in a remote area of southwest Ethiopia along the Omo River.
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Myanmar,Burma,Lake Inle. A Padaung woman belonging to the Karen sub-tribe wearing a traditional heavy brass necklace with twenty-two rings which elongates the neck.
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Myanmar,Burma,Lake Inle. A Padaung woman belonging to the Karen sub-tribe wearing a traditional heavy brass necklace with twenty-five rings which elongates the neck.
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