This is simply amazing, aesthetically beautiful to look at, yet for the women of the Kayan Lahwi tribe it is a long and painful process. The Kayan Lahwi tribe are the most renowned as they wear ornaments known as neck rings, brass coils that are placed around the neck. The women wearing these coils are known as giraffe women to tourists. These coils are first applied to young girls when they are around five years old.
Each coil is replaced with longer coil, as the weight of the brass pushes the collar bone down. Many ideas regarding why the coils are worn have been suggested that the rings protected women from becoming slaves by making them less attractive to other tribes. Contrastingly it has been theorised that the coils originate from the desire to look more attractive as women have more slender necks than men.
The longest extension on record is 40 cm