Sunday, January 20, 2008

The Big Ears





The Longnecks and the Big Ears live together in this village in northern Thailand near the Burmese border.





4 comments:

Anonymous said...

so these are like earings like the U.S. gauges that punks were so you know how the get those big earings in thier ear ?

Jeff and Ann said...

Yes Kevin, I have seen people here in Missoula with exactly the same kind of earrings in their ears. The ones I see here aren't as big as what I saw these woman with (and most of the people here in Missoula that I've seen with them are men) but they sure look like they would hurt!

Unknown said...

I always wondered what the purpose of the long necks were, I always thought of it being a symbol of beauty, never realizing that it's true intention to to save a life if ever attacked by a tiger. Wonder if it has ever really worked, i would thing the force alone would crush someone's neck. Very interesting photos and culture. Thanks for sharing!

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