What does it mean that the Botang people in Myanmar regard women with long necks as beautiful?

This is based on local customs and concepts, because they like to have long necks to show their beauty, so women are required to wear collars around their necks. The more collars, the better.

Long-necked people's real name: Batang people, due to historical reasons. After fleeing their hometown in the war, hundreds of members of eastern Pakistan lived in refugee camps on the northern border of Thailand and Myanmar. Although he was an illegal immigrant at that time, he was able to establish a stronghold in Thailand because of the attractive tourism value, and his life was much better than that of other tribal refugees. Refugees in history made them move here to settle down.

Long-necked girls have to wear copper rings to keep their necks from the age of five, and then keep them every two years until they get married at the age of 25. Wearing a copper ring for life can only increase, but not decrease, until death. These copper collars can stretch the neck under the support of the clavicle until the girl reaches puberty and her body is completely shaped. I can't even take it off in the shower and sleep. The copper ring is solid, polished up to 25 times and weighs 5 kilograms. Not only the neck, but also our calves, knees and arms are covered with copper rings. With a weight of 7 kilograms, we are really tired, but after all, this habit has been formed and cannot be changed. Think about it. These women work very hard and wear such heavy collars every day.

How to wear it: girls in long-necked families must accept the ceremony of wearing bronze rings around their necks. Adults will massage their necks for several hours, and then wrap a copper ring with a diameter of 1.5 cm. These collars are worn according to parents' requirements, and it is very painful to wear such collars.