The Long Neck Tribe of Thailand 🇹🇭

I had once heard there was a tribe where people had long necks due to a neck brace like fixture in the form of metal rings. Today, I wanted to find out if that was true so I rented a boat with family and headed towards the border of Myanmar and Thailand to meet the long neck tribe. This is what I found.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:54 Boat ride to the Village
06:50 First Impressions of the Village
09:21 Exploring the Village
16:30 Village Education Center
19:14 Playing Cross-Bow
24:23 Long Necks give us free gift with coffee

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[worldnomac]

Meeting the long neck people in Northern Thailand was a really cool experience. I can't wait to show you more of Thailand throughout this travel series.

[GoWithAli]

Incredible intro bro! It is G-O-O-O-D to see you experiencing these moments with your beautiful family! ❤

[henry]

They’re originally from Burma 🇲🇲. They’re discriminating from Burma government. That’s why they tribe moving into Northern Thailand 🇹🇭.

[gofindmo]

Bro, that is such a cool vlog, you took me back in time, I remember when I visited this village but I took a scooter to arrive there instead, and your family is so awesome, especially your dad fishing for great content! Love it, fair play!! ❤

[bethsantos]

Greetings fr Antioch CA 👋
This vlog of Long Neck Tribe is awesome, very informative and interesting 🤩
Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼

[wilkowanders]

Thanks Mac for this video, As always beautifully made and really shows the subculture of the long neck tribe. Thanks for exploring and sharing this! Im intrigued to experience it myself on my trip later this year now!

[aidawilson]

Great video Mac ! Very informative & interesting .
Good job, and i love seeing your beautiful family with you . 😊👍 ❤🇵🇭

[Avisthaasthavlog.]

Hello bro welcome to our city Assam Tezpur pls

[mcandee]

Great vid!!! Loved the guy in the green shirt!!!! Know him??

[ritamoktan]

They were from Kayar or Karenni state, myanmar.

[zacharybenson]

New subscriber here! *Note* (sorry, this comment is very long): the "long neck" tribe is actually part of the Karenni subgroup of Karennic peoples. Karennic peoples include Karen & Karenni. Karen peoples call themselves "K'nyaw." Karenni peoples call themselves "Kayah, " "Kayan, " etc. Each group has multiple subgroups. For example, Karen people have S'gaw Karen & Pwo Karen. The people in this video are part of the Lawhi subgroup of the Kayan Karenni people. Even among the Karenni subgroups, not all of them wear neck rings.

It helps to think of it as similar to the large grouping of Anishinaabe peoples of North America. The Anishinaabe group includes multiple peoples, with each people having their own subgroups, and related peoples. The most famous is the Ojibwe people, but the Menominee, Odawa, & Potawatomi people are all in part of the larger umbrella of Anishinaabe groups. Yet all of those people speak mutually-unintelligible languages (even though on the surface they may sound similar). AND, even the Ojibwe people have subgroups which some debate may be semi-separate, like the Salteaux, Nipissing, & Oji-Cree. It's complicated.

Just like how Karennic peoples are complicated. *If you remember nothing else (understandable), remember that the "long neck" people are Karenni, not Karen.* The Karennic peoples of Burma & Thailand are indigenous, just like the Anishinaabe peoples of North America are indigenous. Karennic peoples' cultures and often the religious practices (many practice Shamanism or Christianity instead of Buddhism of the dominant culture of Burma & Thailand) make them a target for bias, discrimination, & gen0cide.

If you decided to read this far down the comments, you might find it interesting that the USA has a LOT of Karen & Karenni people. The U.S. states of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and *especially Minnesota* have Karen & Karenni refugees who resettled here. Minnesota actually has the largest-per-capita population of Karen people outside of Asia, although I don't know the number of Karenni-per-capita in comparison. And let me just say: if you become friends with Karen & Karenni people, they will often share lots of incredible homemade food with you! You definitely need to try traditional Karen & Karenni cuisine as well as watch them do traditional dances and sing. If you ever visit my state, I might be able to help connect you with Karen & Karenni people & events.

[Superman-ugrf]

Great Video and nice picture . Welcome to Thailand .

[swatighoshal]

Hello Mac, your wife is so pretty and elegant 💐

[mrsmanzoor]

Good to see Mabelle and family! Blessings from Texas! ❤

[junettebelleza]

Watching from Los Angeles CA. You forgot to ask them as to why they want long neck? What’s the real reason behind it! Am curious. TY.

[coolboy]

I love your videos. And i think so many from india watch your videos. So if you can just put money in INR as well for better understanding.

[CorySchadt]

I opted to not visit as I had read that these people continue to use the rings not out of tradition, but to get tourist dollars.

[arkanghelTV]

Another great video Mac, I am from the Philippines and started watching your vlogs since last year. You may try camping here in PH as well. Thank you so much for showing us the world. Keep safe always on your travels.

[RonnieGonz]

Enjoy Thailand legend mac stay safe ur every travel 🙏😊❤️
Mabuhay from Philippines 🇵🇭❤️

[dorde]

There is much more the long necked people are said to have seen civilizations not of this planet earth after which they tried to copy them because these civilizations Which showed up with the ancient inhabitants had long necks and the inhabitants tried to copy them.