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The Padaung in Thailand. The Long neck Hill tribe people. The Padaung, a subgroup from the Red Karen, the long necked Karen people. The Padaung, a Shan term for the women wear the brass neck coils (Kayan Lahwi). Long necks in Northern Thailand, specially in the Mae Hong Son province.

The Padaung Hilltribe in Thailand.

An ethnic minority tribe group in the North of Thailand with a population around the 50,000 Padaung people. The Thai government granted the Padaung a refugee status, the Padaung tribes are only allowed to live in some certain areas in North Thailand. In these areas they set up special tourist villages in North Thailand. The Long Neck Padaung tribe in North Thailand. You find then at the refugee camps at the Burmese border in North Thailand. The Womens of the Padaung tribes making crafts and textiles to sell to the visiting tourists and passing travelers in the North of Thailand.

The Hill Tribe Padaung in Thailand.

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The Padaung's Hill tribe people live in villages who allowed by the Thai government. Those villages with the long neck womens brings many tourists. The women wearing these neck coils are also know as "giraffe Women" to the tourists.

The traditional religion is called Kan Khwan, it believes that the Padaung hill tribe people a result is between a mal angel hybrid and a female dragon. The Three day's Kay Htein Bo festival is the major religious festival for the Long necks.

The Padaung's have a strong believe in augury, reference to some form of divination and consulting chicken bones. All you can see at the "Cleansing Ceremonies" during the annual festival in the Northern Thailand Padaung villages.