The 15 different subtribes of the
Kayan or Padaung have their villages in
the western parts of Kayah State, south of Inle Lake.
Most Kayan or Padaung women
also - long neck women
- wear brass rings around their
necks, arms and legs. The Padaung - long neck women - wear this brass
rings to remind them of
their ancestry to the nagas (mythical dragon / snake).
A group of Padaung people is kept in a Thai town
-Mae Hong Son- nearby over the border. They fled a few years ago because of the
continuous fighting between Myanmar government troops and rebel
groups at that time, actually the fighting has calmed down.
The Thai people supply housing and food to the
Myanmar Kayan or Padaung, the Padaung - long neck women -
quickly
became a important economical factor for the
Mae Hong Son area since lot of
tourist come to have a look for the Padaung - long neck women -.
This created a lot of quarreling between the
different cities and villages in the area, because only the city
housing the Myanmar Kayan or Padaung get the windfall profit, the other
"look through the finger".
The problem is now many of the
Kayan or Padaung want to go elsewhere to resettle in
Australia or New Zealand or simply going home to Myanmar. Since
they are a real economic now in the Mae Hong Son area the Thai
do lot of things to make difficult for same to move, since if
they are gone, the money is gone either.
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