Pictured: Meet the women who wear rings around their necks as a sign of beauty... oops

These remarkable pictures show the ‘giraffe women’ of eastern Burma.


These Kayan women, from Kayah state, wear brass coils around their necks to give the impression that their necks are stretched.


Having a long neck is often seen as beautiful in Kayan culture.




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The Kayan women of eastern Burma wear brass rings around their necks to make them appear longer




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They can start wearing the rings from the age of five and tend to add more rings as they get older

While the neck rings make the women’s necks appear long, in reality, the weight of the coils pushes down the muscles around the collarbone and compresses the rib cage - meaning their necks appear longer than they are.


The women – who can start wearing the rings from the age of five - have a long piece of brass wound in a spiral around their necks.


The metal is wound manually by the women and, as brass is tough, this process can take many hours.



A full set of the neck rings can weigh as much as 10 kilos - but few of the women now wear a full set.


Most women gradually increase the number of coils on their rings to steadily increase the apparent length of their necks.


Despite the weight of the rings, the women wearing them experience little restriction to their movement.







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The rings do not actually stretch the women's necks - the weight pushes down their collarbones and compresses their rib cages making their necks appear longer





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The women can remove the rings but they tend not to as it can be uncomfortable and the skin underneath tends to be discoloured



And, as the coiling and uncoiling process takes so long, the women rarely remove the rings – they usually only do so to replace them with a longer version.


The coils can be safely removed even though the muscles underneath are weakened.


However, many women prefer not to have them removed as their necks and collarbones are left bruised and discoloured underneath and they suffer discomfort when they are removed.


Additionally, when they have been wearing the rings for a long time, many of the women say they feel they have become an integral part of their bodies and they feel 'naked' without them.




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The rings are made of long pieces of brass that are wrapped around the neck to form coils





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Many of the women say that if they remove the rings they feel naked and vulnerable





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It is not known why the women started wearing the rings but there are many theories



After a few days of not wearing the rings, the discomfort fades, but the discolouration tends to remain.


It is not clear exactly how the tradition of wearing the neck rings came about.


There are theories that women wore them to protect against tiger bites or that they were worn to make them look more like the dragons of local legends.


Other people believe they started wearing them to make themselves less attractive to other tribes so they were less likely to be taken into slavery.




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Some people believe women originally wore the rings to protect themselves from tiger bites - other people think they were designed to make them unattractive so they were less likely to be taken into slavery





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Now, most of the women wear the rings because they are seen as beautiful and to preserve the tradition





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Some women wear the rings because they attract tourists and tourists bring vital revenue to the community



However, when asked, most of the women will now say they wear them to preserve their cultural identities.


Kayan women are usually now given a choice as to whether or not they want to wear the neck rings.


Most of those who still do, do so because they see them as beautiful or because they want to preserve the tradition.


It is also likely that some wear them because they attract tourists who bring vital revenue to the community.



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The rings are wound around the women's necks and this can take several hours as the brass is very tough





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Surprisingly, the rings do not significantly restrict the women's movement





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A full set of the neck rings can weigh up to 10 kilos but few women wear these any longer

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FINALLY MANCHESTER UNITED COACH MOYES SACKED-

Moyes is OUT! Glazers finally lose patience with Fergie's failed replacement and now United boss will pay for it by losing his job in the summer

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David Moyes will be sacked by Manchester United in the coming weeks and could even go before the end of the day.

United’s owners the Glazer family have finally lost patience with Moyes after a dismal season that has seen the reigning Barclays Premier League champions slump to seventh in the table.

The final straw was Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Everton, their 11th in the Barclays Premier League this season, and a result that left the title holders down 13 points off the Champions League places.





End of the line: David Moyes will be sacked by Manchester United and could leave before the end of the season







Under pressure: United crashed to a 2-0 defeat at Moyes's former club Everton on Sunday, their 11th defeat of the Premier League season






Searching for inspiration: Moyes has found it impossible to maintain the high standards set by predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson





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Bright beginnings: Moyes started work at Old Trafford on July 1 last summer, having been announced as Ferguson's replacement in May







DAVID MOYES AT UNITED



Played 51
Won 27
Drawn 9
Lost 15
Win percentage 52.94

The Glazers and United chief executive Ed Woodward were determined to show patience with Moyes but have recognised inescapable signs recently that performances were getting worse and that players had stopped trying for their manager.

It is understood that the plan now is to sack Moyes at the end of the season but the situation could now come to a head later on Monday or in the coming days. If the former Everton boss is sacked before the season’s end, club legend Ryan Giggs will be asked to take over team affairs.

In terms of appointing a long-term successor, Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp, Holland’s Louis van Gaal and Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti are in the frame.





Meet the new boss: Moyes gets to work on his first morning as United manager at the club's Carrington training complex





Backing: Supporters on the Stretford End commissioned a banner proclaiming Moyes as the 'Chosen One'





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Good start: Moyes lifts the Community Shield after United beat Wigan 2-0 at Wembley back in August. It will be his only piece of silverware with the club



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Winning start: United won 4-1 at Swansea City on the opening day of the season, getting their title defence off to the perfect start





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Warm reception: Moyes is introduced to the Old Trafford crowd prior to his first home game against Chelsea


THE REMAINING MATCHES



April 26 Norwich City (H)
May 3 Sunderland (H)
May 6 Hull City (H)
May 11 Southampton (A)

Despite the expensive signings of Marouane Fellaini last summer and Juan Mata in January, United have failed to keep pace with their rivals and mount any kind of title challenge.

Moyes, who moved from Everton last summer to replace Sir Alex Ferguson, has also overseen failure in the cup competitions.

United were eliminated by Swansea City in the third round of the FA Cup, by Sunderland in the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup and by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Taking all competitions into account, United have won 27 of 51 matches during the Moyes tenure, drawing nine and losing 15.



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Taste of defeat: Moyes suffered his first league loss at Anfield as a Daniel Sturridge gave Liverpool a 1-0 win on September 1





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Down to work: Moyes leads a training session at Carrington ahead of his first Champions League match with United back in September





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Euro stars: United beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 at Old Trafford in their opening Champions League fixture of the season






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Nightmare: The scale of Moyes's task at Old Trafford became apparent in the 4-1 defeat at rivals Manchester City on September 24


Rodgers: I have empathy with Moyes







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Bad to worse: Moyes can't believe his misfortune as United are beaten at home by West Bromwich on September 28




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Pressure mounted further on the embattled manager following a lacklustre showing at Goodison Park, in which United transfer target Leighton Baines and Kevin Mirallas scored the goals.

Moyes bizarrely claimed that his team had played well after they lost 2-0 at Everton despite one of the most lame performances of his reign.

Many United fans saw the performance as a tipping point and the increasing number who were calling for him to go have got their wish.

Afterwards, Moyes — who was taunted by a man dressed as the Grim Reaper in the crowd — claimed he was happy with the display.

He said: ‘We played well in the first half but conceded two on the counter-attack. We didn’t deserve to be 2-0 down. We had good control of the game and possession of the ball. We didn’t defend well for the goals, though. That was right rotten.’



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Masterstroke: Moyes did persuade star striker Wayne Rooney to turn down the overtures of Chelsea and sign a new contract


David Moyes cracking jokes in press conference







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Revenge: United knocked Liverpool out of the Capital One Cup at the third round stage, offering swift retribution for the Anfield loss





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Passion play: Moyes celebrates Javier Hernandez's goal as United beat Stoke City 3-2 at Old Trafford





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Low point: Moyes sits and considers his options as United lose 1-0 to his former club Everton on December 4



Moyes’s verdict raised eyebrows in the Sky Sports studio.

‘That’s the worst I’ve seen from them over 90 minutes,’ said pundit and Sportsmail columnist Jamie Carragher.

‘Nobody seems to know what’s going on, on the pitch or in the dugout. You can’t see what the plan is. When I played it was total dominance from Manchester United. I’m looking at this team and wondering why they didn’t play like that when I was playing.’

Moyes was even criticised on the club's in-house TV channel when pundit David May said he was 'out of his depth' before being hushed up by the presenter.

More to follow




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Row: Moyes grabs the ball from Hatem Ben Arfa as Alan Pardew looks on during December's 1-0 home loss to Newcastle United





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Race is on: Moyes runs along the touchline to retrieve the ball during United's New Year's Day loss to Tottenham





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Protest: Moyes runs on to the pitch to appeal after a blatant handball is not given in the Tottenham match








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No luck: Moyes rues a missed chance as United slipped to a 2-1 defeat to Sunderland in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final





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Out: With coach Phil Neville after United were knocked out of the Capital One Cup on penalties by Sunderland





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January sales: Moyes bought Juan Mata from Chelsea for £37m in a bid to revive the flagging season








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Nadir: United produced their most miserable performance of the season as they were beaten 2-0 by Olympiacos in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League tie





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The great turnaround: But a Robin van Persie hat-trick gave United a 3-0 win at Old Trafford and took them through to a last eight encounter with Bayern Munich


Hilarious '#MOYESIN #MOYESOUT' rap battle by Dan Bull







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Anger: A fan remonstrates with Moyes during the 3-0 home defeat by Manchester City













Guarded: Stewards protect the 'Chosen one' banner on the Stretford End at the end of the City defeat





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Stunt: Disgruntled United fans paid for this plane to fly over the ground during a home match with Aston Villa. The plane's appearance was roundly booed by United fans in the ground


Watch the moment the 'Moyes Out' banner flew above Old Trafford







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Good display: United produced their best performance of the season in the 1-1 home draw with Bayern Munich


Moyes: I have drive to turn things around at Manchester United







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Beyond them: But Bayern came from behind in the second leg in Munich to win 3-1 and knock United out of the Champions League


Moyes is asked: Is this the end of an era at Manchester United?





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Waving goodbye: The final straw was United's 2-0 loss at Goodison Park on Sunday


Moyes: We passed well but the 2 we conceded were rank rotten










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EXPOSING Amorous teacher conned by her Facebook lover called Mozilla

EXPOSING
>MR MOZILLA FIREFOX<
PWAHAHAHAHA NKT

a story is told of a female teacher from Migori who was conned by a man she met online here on Facebook. The man, whose online name was Mozilla Firefox, invited the teacher to Nakuru for their first meeting. When she got there, Mr. Firefox took her for a meal at a local hotelin Nakuru, and thereafter, fearing to disclose his real identity, convinced her to book a room at the hotel in her name; with a fake story that he did not want to be known, reason being that he was."from around". The lady obliged, and they proceeded to spend the night.
Morning came, Mr Firefox was first to take a shower. When the teacher's shower turn was underway, he took the chance to go through her handbag, took her phone and sh10,000 and fled.When she came out of the bathroom and found Firefox missing, she dashed to the hotel reception to inquire if they had seen him, to which they said he had passed there earlier and said he was going to sun bask. She immediately screamed at the receptionists telling them she'd been conned, and her mention of the man's name, Mozilla Firefox, left the hotel staff in stitches.
Ladies, if you use Facebook for dating purposes, don't be duped by those who use fake names. Ensure you establish the man's true name. Also watch out for such smooth operators as the one in the above story!




A married primary school female teacher from Migori County recently had an unhappy ending when her secret facebook lover — masquerading as Mozilla Firefox, she had been fooling with online coned her on their maiden meeting in Nakuru town.

After regaling her with honey-coated sweet nothings on the social network, she obliged to his invitation in Nakuru, where she met her waterloo. The amorous teacher, eager to meet her mpango wa kando (secret lover), lied to her husband that she had been invited to Nakuru for a two-day seminar by a womens’ group she subscribes.

Reacquainted

At around 10 am, she took a shuttle, and after five hours she got to Nakuru where Firefox warmly received her.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mozilla took her in a hotel where he treated her as they reacquainted with one another — all giggly. To avoid blowing up his cover, he tricked her by requesting her to book the hotel room — using her identity number, because if he was to do so, there was a probability of the receptionist knowing him since he is from around. The night went on well, but come morning is when things went haywire. Firefox woke up and took a shower and when it was the teacher’s turn, he thoroughly ransacks her handbag. He took Sh10,000 and her mobile phone.

Beeline

When the teacher came out from the bathroom he found his ‘lover’ missing. The panicking teacher hurriedly dressed and made a beeline for the reception to enquire if they had seen his companion. The receptionist told her that she had seen him a few minutes a while and he only mentioned, in passing, that he is stepping out to sun himself.

Immediately, she began wailing at the reception, claiming to have been conned. Upon management attempting to intervene, they learnt that she didn’t know the man. That he was a mere Facebook friend, really shocked the hotel management. The mere mention of his name — Mozilla Firefox, got the management in stitches. To make matters worse, he had no other incriminating evidence against Firefox save for his phone number which was in the phone he had made away with, anyway. Fearing that the story may spread and reach many people, the teacher ignored advice to report the incident to Police. Instead, she chose to call her three friends back in Migori town and lied to them about her ordeal — that she had been a victim of a smooth pickpocket in the matatu she was travelling in.

Out of sympathy, her friends send her Sh1,500 which she used as bus fare back home. The truth of the story came out recently when the Teacher, while drunk in a pub in Migori town, revealed to friends what exactly happened to her who promised to try help her track the thief. Unfortunately, all the efforts were in vain since the phone was switched off. A friend whom the teacher told her hubby wasn;t satisfying thus tempting her to try her luck elsewhere, and requested her not to tell anyone this tale, talked to this writer.

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RUMOR HAS IT THAT EMMY KOSGEI WANTS TO DIVORCE HER HUSBAND OF ONE YEAR, APOSTLE MADUBUKO. ACCORDING KENYAFORUMS, EMMY HAS SECRETLY FILED FOR DIVORCE CITING IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES WITH THE NIGERIAN CHURCH TYCOON. ITS ALSO ALLEGED THAT SHE WANT 50% OF THE NIGERIAN’S WEALTH...

Popular gospel artist Emmy Kosgei’s marriage has been the talk of the town since last year and not because it was a celebrity star studded wedding but because the groom was almost twice the age of the bride. Word on the street was that Emmy married the Nigerian pastor because of his huge pockets a rumor that was quickly brushed aside. During her interview on Churchill Live she revealed that she got married to the guy because he was focused and that is what drew her to him.

It seems that the much hyped marriage is not working for them. Last week, Emmy Kosgei secretly filed a divorce citing some difficaulties in her marriage with the man twice her age !! She filed the divorce through her friend Ruth Sang according to the documents. In the case, she wants half the wealth according to the law because she has been married to the man for more than 6 months.

A legal battle ensues because the Nigerian pastor has emphasized " I wont allow her to take half of my wealth , what I have worked for for the rest of my life "