WhitneyNeck Stretching - Brass Neck Rings
October 29th 2008 21:00
Although, this practice isn't for the modern world, there are still civilizations who practice neck stretching for one reason or another. The tradition actually started as a means to indicate the wealth of a family, but for the most part, currently, women still practice the tradition for money from tourists.
For the most part the tradition is that of African and Asian cultures. Some of the more common people include the Kayan people from Myanmar and the people of Thailand. But, you'll find that girls of Ndebele in South Africa wore neck rings to signify their marriage, versus the ideal of overall beauty.
Basically the women start at the age of 5 years old with their first brass neck ring, and as the child ages and grows, more rings are added, until the neck is stretched 10" to 15" long.
The actual brass neck rings push the collarbone and the ribs down while stretching the neck muscles. In order to reach full length, it takes women years of slowly stretching their necks and carefully adding the brass neck rings.
The rings do not stretch the neck, just the neck muscles, and for the most part, the actual neck stretch is an illusion because what it's really doing is weighing down the collar bone, to some extent. The weight of the brass rings twist the collar bone and the upper ribs. The actual vertebrae do not elongate, as though you were stretching the tissues of a piercing.
A woman with an elongated neck cannot drink from a cup or look up at the sky. She much use a straw to drink and just not look at the sky, as she will overbalance herself and fall.
A person with stretched neck can suffer many difficulties, some of which can include:
* Occlusion of blood floor.
* Hematoma
* Difficulties with neck muscles
* Pain from the weight of the brass rings
* Infection under the neck rings if unwashed.
* Weakened neck muscles if the brass rings are removed and left to heal and recover (in lesser cases).
* Death caused by choking on tongue if the neck rings are removed in more extreme cases.
* Bone structure deformation, which can recover only in lesser cases of elongation and fewer neck rings.
For the most part the tradition is that of African and Asian cultures. Some of the more common people include the Kayan people from Myanmar and the people of Thailand. But, you'll find that girls of Ndebele in South Africa wore neck rings to signify their marriage, versus the ideal of overall beauty.
Basically the women start at the age of 5 years old with their first brass neck ring, and as the child ages and grows, more rings are added, until the neck is stretched 10" to 15" long.
The actual brass neck rings push the collarbone and the ribs down while stretching the neck muscles. In order to reach full length, it takes women years of slowly stretching their necks and carefully adding the brass neck rings.
The rings do not stretch the neck, just the neck muscles, and for the most part, the actual neck stretch is an illusion because what it's really doing is weighing down the collar bone, to some extent. The weight of the brass rings twist the collar bone and the upper ribs. The actual vertebrae do not elongate, as though you were stretching the tissues of a piercing.
A woman with an elongated neck cannot drink from a cup or look up at the sky. She much use a straw to drink and just not look at the sky, as she will overbalance herself and fall.
A person with stretched neck can suffer many difficulties, some of which can include:
* Occlusion of blood floor.
* Hematoma
* Difficulties with neck muscles
* Pain from the weight of the brass rings
* Infection under the neck rings if unwashed.
* Weakened neck muscles if the brass rings are removed and left to heal and recover (in lesser cases).
* Death caused by choking on tongue if the neck rings are removed in more extreme cases.
* Bone structure deformation, which can recover only in lesser cases of elongation and fewer neck rings.
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