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Myanmar women show off copper neckwear
Updated: 2011-07-05 10:19
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![]() 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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![Young women wearing copper necklaces play folk 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](../../attachement/jpg/site1/20110705/0023ae6cf3690f7ca7e104.jpg)
![Young women wearing copper necklaces play folk 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](../../attachement/jpg/site1/20110705/0023ae6cf3690f7ca7df01.jpg)
![A woman displays her copper neckwear 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](../../attachement/jpg/site1/20110705/0023ae6cf3690f7ca7e003.jpg)