Inte enbart en positiv upplevelse att besöka "long neck hill tribes"
Human Zoo's? Prisons? To visit or not?
- All the Long Neck "villages" in Thailand are set up for tourists and are not neccessarily managed by the Padaung people themselves.
- There have been allegations of imprisonment, and ill-treatment by management in some villages before.
- Some of the ladies are illegally on Thai soil (not officially granted refugee status) and are vulnerable to exploitation
- Allegations have been made that children are forced to adopt this practice at a young age.
- They see many people and are constantly photographed so it is difficult for some to look anything other than bored.
- The "villages" are basically set up as shopping stalls set up with the Long Neck ladies as the stall holders. The ladies will be keen for you to buy handicrafts in exchange for your photography. Don't expect too
much of a traditional village setting.
- There is an entrance fee, which by the nature of it means you are paying to look at these ladies - human zoo?
Å andra sidan (över-) lever några på detta sättet och Padaung behöver all hjälp de kan få.
Som alltid när det gäller burmeser i Thailand så gäller det att försöka ge dricks direkt
och helst utan att ägaren eller chefen ser det 