Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Country painting

Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Country painting
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Ingres The Source painting

In Thailand's remote northeastern region, tourists are lured by such an image: women and girls who’ve undergone a bizarre body enhancement. They have been called Giraffe Women ...
In Thailand's remote northeastern region, tourists are lured by such an image: women and girls who've undergone a bizarre body enhancement.They have been called Giraffe Women, because as young girls they have heavy collars of brass wound around their necks. The effect is surreal. Their heads appear as tiny dots above a golden stalk.And once they're adults, the collar never comes off: — not when they bathe, not when they sleep, and for many, not even when they die.While most have landed in primitive camps, the long-necked women — 200 or so — live in more comfortable villages. That's because they attract paying tourists — up to 200,000 a year — and support themselves from their share of the entrance fees — a monthly salary just for wearing the rings. They also earn money from the sale of dolls, weavings, postcards and from posing for photos with tourists.