Ethnic Kayan Woman Picking Cotton In Kayah State Myanmar

Daw Mu Htan picking cotton and removing the seeds in the ethnic Kayan village of Lo Ka Na village, Panpet, Kayah State, Myanmar on 13th November 2016. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings . Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups. There are over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the region including the Kayan who are perhaps the best known due to the traditional practice of the Kayan women extending their necks with brass rings photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images

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Asia Burma Karenni Kayah Kayah state Kayan Long-Necked Karen Myanmar Padaung Panpet Southeast Asia Tessa Bunney agriculture costume cotton cotton harvest custom ethnic ethnic minority farm farmer farming fiber fibre giraffe-neck neck rings subsistence tradition traditional tribal tribe woman

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