The long neck Women of the Padaung Hilltribe
June 11th 2008 Geo: 19.91, 99.83The Padaung people are actually from eastern Burma, close to the Thailand border. A few families of Padaung have settled temporarily as refugees in Thailand. They escaped from the Kaya State in Burma to Thailand in the mid 1900's. They belong to the Karenni sub-group of the Karen People, who are still fighting for their independence in Burma. Many though not all of the Pad
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