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1、2015/10/10ThegirlonthepostcardLong-neckedMaDa'simagetravelsallovertheworld±whileshelivesasarefugeeontheThai-Myanmarborder.JackPicone
2、09Oct201511:25GMT
3、Magazine,AsiaPacific,Thailand,Myanmar,HumanRightsHerfacecanbefoundonpostcardsallacrossThailand,butonlythepeoplewholiveinhervillage,Nai
4、Soi,ontheremoteThai-Myanmarborder,knowhername.ItisMaDa.MaDabelongstothePadaunghill-tribe,whosefemalemembersarebetterknownas'longnecks'or'giraffewomen'.Sheisyoung,wittyandbeautiful.AsPadaungcustomdictates,shewearsheavybrassringsonherneck,armsandlegs.Herchinjutsoverthetopringofathickcoi
5、lwhichspiralsaroundherthroatandreachesdowntohercollarbones.Thecoilgivestheeffectofelongatingherneck,makingitlookasthoughherheadispercheduponaplinth.Inrealitytheweightofthebrassringshasseverelycompressedhershoulderbonesandribcage,creatingonlytheillusionthatherneckislonger.Twenty-eight-
6、year-oldMaDabeganwearingtheringsasachildandneverremovesthem-eventosleep.HerdaysatNaiSoiarespentposingforphotosforbusloadsoftouristswhopaytogawpatherbewitchinglyexoticappearance.MaDaacceptsherfatewithgrace,butthestoryofhowsheandotherlong-neckfemalesbecamepostergirlsfortheThaitourismind
7、ustryisasorryone.ThePadaung,ortheKayanasthetribecallsitself,areaminoritygrouphailingfromKayahStateinMyanmar.ThefirstfewwavesofPadaungreportedlyarrivedinnorthernThailandwithKarennifighterswhowereretreatingfromwarfareagainsttheoppressiveMyanmarregime.OlderPadaungtellstoriesofMyanmargove
8、rnmentsoldiersburningtheircropsandvillages,rapingtheirwomenandchildren,andkillingtheirmen.Thelong-neckswereherdedintomakeshiftvillagesstraddlingtheborder,wheretheircrowd-pullingpotentialwasquicklyspotted.EnterprisingThais,exiledKarennisandforeigntourcompaniesjoinedforcestoturntherefug
9、eesintoalucrativetouristattraction.MorePadaungfollowed,thistimeluredbytheprospectofekingoutalivinginthese'humanzoos'.MaDamadethehazardousjourneyfromMyanmartoThailandwithhermother18yearsago.TheyarrivedinNaiSoiwithnofood,nopossessions,nomoneyandnowork.MaDahadneverbeenoutsideherhomeinthe
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