In Pudong tribe women live with the long necks in the world. This tribe lives in a mountainous area of Burma. A record holder among his tribeswoman is a woman, the length of the neck which is 40 centimeters. Without exception, all the women of this tribe, lengthen your neck with brass rings.

This process begins at an early age, as soon as the girl is 5 years old, held a special ceremony, during which the child's neck, put on the first ring. Next year extension of the neck as the number of rings increases. In adulthood, women have to wear on his neck about 9 pounds of brass rings and neck can increase by an average of 25-30 inches.
In the tribe by the number of rings on the neck, a woman is judged on its social status and material prosperity, and are also long been recognized as the standard of beauty. It is a mistake to believe that the removal of all parts of the neck may deform and even break. The rings can be removed from his neck. And if you do not wear them from year to three years, then stretched his neck to restore its former.
Studies have shown women of this tribe, that the neck, as such, is not subject to deformation. Changes shoulder area, which falls due to the pressure exerted by the weight of the rings.

At present, there are several theories regarding the appearance of such a custom. Some sources claim that the spirits of long ago decided to destroy all the women by sending them to the tigers, and that is to protect the woman and began to wear a ring on the neck. According to another legend, the whole family is descended from the dragon, and in order to be like a woman wanted to extend his neck. A third source claims that the men deliberately wanted to make their wives less attractive, so they do not steal, and on this basis, there were no war.