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Myanmar women show off copper neckwear

Updated: 2011-07-05 10:19

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Myanmar women show off copper neckwear
Myanmar women wearing rings of copper play music during a tourism promotion exhibition in Naypyidaw, capital city of Myanmar, July 4, 2011. According to local custom, girls start wearing the copper rings at age 8 and add one each year as they get older, until there are 25 pieces of copper chokers. Some women with long necks can wear more than 40. [Photo/Xinhua]



Myanmar women show off copper neckwear
Young women wearing copper necklaces play folk music during a tourism promotion exhibition in Naypyidaw, capital city of Myanmar, July 4, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]


Myanmar women show off copper neckwear
A woman displays her copper neckwear during a tourism promotion exhibition in Naypyidaw, capital city of Myanmar, July 4, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

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