The Royal cafe. Rangoon , 1961.
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The Kayan Lahwi people, also known as Padaung, are a minority ethnic group with populations in Burma and Thailand. Padaung women are famous for their distinctive custom of wearing brass coils around their necks. As the women grow, the coils are lengthened, compressing the rib cage and displacing the collarbone, creating the illusion of an extremely long neck. According to Mashable, in the 1930s, circuses and sideshows were tremendously popular in the United Kingdom. Padaung women, advertised as “giraffe women,” were star attractions, drawing crowds of curious gawkers. Below are some of vintage pictures of Paduang women when they visited London in 1935. A policeman directs three Padaung women along Elgin Avenue in London. (Image: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) Padaung women with a Grenadier guard at Horse Guard's Parade, London. (Image: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) Three Padaung women play cards. (Image: Keystone/Getty Images) Doctors examine Padaung woman Mu Proa working for the Bertram Mills Circus in London. (Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Padaung women wave at Londoners upon their arrival at Victoria Station. (Image: Imagno/Austrian Archives/Getty Images) Paduang women arrive by train. (Image: Harlingue/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) Mu Proa with her newborn child. (Image: ullstein bild via Getty Images) Mu sits up in bed with her baby. (Image: Harlingue/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) (Image: Harlingue/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) Mu Proa with her child. (Image: Boyer/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) Mo talks to a police officer with her baby. (Image: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images) A Padaung woman celebrates her 21st birthday with a cake in Folkestone, England. (Image: A. J. O'Brien/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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Bei einer Reise durch Myanmar gehört ein Stopp in Yangon zum absoluten Pflichtprogramm. In diesem Blogartikel zeigen wir die schönsten Sehenswürdigkeiten in Yangon und verraten unsere besten Restaurant-Tipps. Von der Shwedagon-Pagode bis zum Circular Train – diese Highlights solltest du nicht verpassen.
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waterfall in beautiful Myanmar's Highland City of Flowers. (Pyin Oo Lwin). Nikon D7000 18-200 VRII
