The Padaung Tribe of BurmaBy: Sara Musafa, Peter Jin, & Adam Banatt

The Padaung Tribe The Padaung Tribe of Burma (Myanmar) is situated in Southeast Asia.The Padaung Tribe of Burma has very unique fashion.They tend to like very long necks on women.-This place is called a zoo, not because of it animals, but because of its Long necks or Giraffe women.

The Padaung Fashion (Coils)The women wear extremely heavy brass or silver coils on their necks that push their shoulder blades down.In doing so, the neck had a elongated image.The longer the neck the more beautiful you were.The coils are looked at as social barriers and the women say it is for tribal identity.

The Padaung Fashion (Corsets)The Padaung Tribe of Burma not only wore the coils on their necks but on their waists (corsets), arms, and legs. When the Padaung women wore corsets they could not sit down strait, fainted a lot, had heart problems, digestion problems, and died when their babies were born. Many of the women do not wear the corsets anymore.

Padaung Fashion (Arms and Legs)People who wore the coils on their arms and legs got tired very easily and couldnt do hard and exhausting work.

MisconceptionsThere have been many incorrect myths and misconceptions about the practice.The neck is not stretched, it is an illusion by pushing down the collarbone.The brass and silver around the neck are coils, not rings.The coils are often taken off.