new features 1989 -2009 special christmas special carnival special new about eastern europe special at the border by sputnik current affairs portraits concept essay adventure animals animals - dogs architecture arts & crafts arts & entertainment cars & motorbikes children daily life economy festivals special Easter food & wine garden history interior leisure modern life & trends nature & environment people of the world religion religion - pilgrimages science & technology sports - summer sports - winter sports - special soccer travel - city portraits travel luxury travel by train/boat/ship travel winter travel Africa travel America north travel America south/central travel Asia travel Australia travel Europe travel Pacific wellness & beauty women weddings

:

Nouvelles Russes Romeo & Juliet China's Richest Women Drag Queen Nights Matchmakers Transgenders in Mexico Working for Pacification Angela Staude Terzani Prostitutes in Cambodia Living as a man Lesbian Family Slavic Chippendales Not Natasha RollerGirls Muxes of Juchitan Yo Claudia Kidnapped Wives Sir Doris First Female Gondoliera Beauties of Vilnius Interview in Istanbul Police Women Mosuo Women Katrina Long Neck Women Shanghai Women 3 Generations Sea Birth Homebirth Clinic Birth Oh my Baby Islamic Fashion Stiletto Brothel Queen of Chess Women of the Desert Mille Miglia Ladies Female Demining Team Sapor Model School Metamorphoses Palestinian women prisoners Hijras Los Desaparecidos Memoirs of a Geisha Dancing women Oum Kalthum Rent a man Women in the French Army Karate Women Women's Sumo Stolen Generation Miss Tibet The Solan Monastery Women of the Tsunami Drag Queens Amalia Rodrigues Dead in their Lives Kalash Algeria James Bond Girls Burrenesh Garment Factory Workers Acid Survivors Wohnungspuffs Shepherd for One Summer Simone de Beauvoir Sex Fair in China

put all pictures into basket

slideview   |   tableview   |   listview

Long Neck Women of the Golden Triangle by Mario Weigt

The ethnic group of Padang originally came from Eastern Burma. 7000 members are still living there. The legend claims that the brass rings protect the women from tiger bites. But actually the practice of wearing them as ideal of beauty and tribal identity is the reason. A portrait about a small community of 21 Long Neck Karen.