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  • 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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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple black tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Kayah (Red Karen) ethnic minority villagers dance at a funeral on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region.
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Yinbaw ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Yinbaw womens traditional costume is mainly black with brightly coloured pom-poms and similarly decorated head-dresses
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman looking outside of the window of her bamboo house on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth  tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Daw Mu Htan picking cotton 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of two Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority women on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple black tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Close up of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority womans brass leg rings on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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. It is very unusual to see a woman wearing brass leg rings  It is very unusual to see a woman wearing brass leg rings photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • Close up of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority womans brass leg rings on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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. It is very unusual to see a woman wearing brass leg rings
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  • A Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman weaving a head-cloth on a traditional back-strap loom on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • A Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman weaving a bag on a traditional back-strap loom on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Unlike the older women, young Kayah women wear modern clothing every day
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  • Kayah (Red Karen) ethnic minority villagers dance at a funeral on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region.
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman and girl on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • A Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman weaving a head-cloth on a traditional back-strap loom on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman with her grand-daughters on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayah ethnic minority woman on 22nd March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • A Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman weaving a skarf for tourists on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple red tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman on 26th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman and a young child drinking millet wine on 23rd January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of a Khi / Lisu ethnic minority woman on 20th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • A Kayan Padaung ethnic minority woman holds a spool of handspun cotton on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • PaO ethnic minority women at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman processes millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of  Kayaw ethnic minority girl on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • Portrait of  Kayaw ethnic minority woman carrying a basket on her head on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman wearing brass leg rings on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman holding a handful millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman processes millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
    A0032638cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of PaO ethnic minority children at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of PaO ethnic minority children at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar  at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority man at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar
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  • Portrait of  Kayaw ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • Portrait of  Kayaw ethnic minority girl on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
    A0032677cc_1_1.jpg
  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman processes millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • The rocket festival audience at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman holds millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
    DSCF3190cc_1_1.jpg
  • A Kayaw ethnic minority woman processes millet on 19th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
    A0032646cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of two PaO ethnic minority women and a young girl at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
    DSCF6274cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
    DSCF6254cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
    DSCF6423cc_1_1.jpg
  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Portrait of a PaO ethnic minority woman at the PaO National Day on 24th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. The PaO origin story states that they are derived from a shaman, Zawgyu, and a female dragon so the women fashion their turban to resemble a dragons head
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  • Grilling meat over an open fire in the kitchen of a Kayah (Red Karen) ethnic minority woman village on 18th January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar.
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  • Portrait of Maria, a Kayan ethnic minority woman at her home in Kayah State, Myanmar on 12th 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
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  • Portrait of Maria, a Kayan ethnic minority woman at her home in Kayah State, Myanmar on 12th 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman in village of Kle Du, Kayah State, Myanmar on 20th November 2016.  Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple striped tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • A Padaung ethnic minority woman spinning cotton on 17 January 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. 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
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  • Portrait of an elderly Kayaw ethnic minority woman wearing traditional clothing outside her home in Ya A Pra village, Kayah State, Myanmar on 21st November 2016. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of Daw Mu Naw, aged 80, a Kayan ethnic minority woman at her home in Lo Pu village, Kayah State, Myanmar on 12th 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 ne
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman in village of Kle Du, Kayah State, Myanmar on 20th November 2016.  Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple striped tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • Portrait of a young Kayaw ethnic minority woman and her baby in the village of Yo Co Pra village in Kayah State, Myanmar on 21st November 2016. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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  • Portrait of Maria, a Kayan ethnic minority woman at her home in Song Duu village, Kayah State, Myanmar on 12th 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
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  • Portrait of a Kayah Red Karen ethnic minority woman in village of Kle Du, Kayah State, Myanmar on 20th November 2016.  Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Kayah women wear a simple striped tunic worn with a broad white sash decorated with coloured tassles and a striped hand-woven head-cloth
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  • An ethnic Kayaw woman feeding her baby chewed rice in a traditional way on 27th March 2016 in Kayah State, Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region. Wearing traditional costumes made from handwoven cotton, Kayaw women wear many necklaces made from shells, beads and brass coils and fashioned from silver. Distended earlobes are plugged with rings of silver and the ankles and knees encased with brass coils
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  • Portrait of Daw An, an elderly PaO ethnic minority woman in Kone Soth village in Kayah State, Myanmar on 18th November 2016. Myanmar is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia with 135 different indigenous ethnic groups with over a dozen ethnic Karenni subgroups in the Kayah region
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