Thailand: Palaung woman (noted for their wooden waist bands), Karen Long Neck Village and Seven Tribe Village, near Mae Taman, north of Chiang Mai

The Palaung are an ethnic minority that is indigenous to northern Burma, but also has pockets of people in Thailand and China’s Yunnan Province. Mostly resident in Shan State, the Palaung have a population of about 500,000.

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Photographer:

David Henley

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Pictures From Asia