[Music] [Music] on the remote Tha burmer border a Cayenne tribeswoman is about to discover how her body has suffered for tradition 19-year-old ma Blaine is having her neck rings removed for the first time in 5 years and while they look like Rings The Brass collar is actually a single brass coil wound around the [Music] neck traditionally they only come off during childbirth at doctor's visit or if the woman is caught committing adultery in that case she will pay for her infidelity with an exposed neck for life there are stories of women being aixi when their neck piece was removed their weakened muscles unable to support the head but according to LNA McMillan this has no basis in fat contrary to some of the beliefs it doesn't actually support the head so it's not so tight that it isn't allowing the neck a lot of movement fact the women can put their hands down and and you know clean and reach their skin and and all of that so it's not actually something that's that's sort of gripping them in any way for the first time since she was a young girl ma Blain is about to find out just how much the neck piece has changed her body brass is a tough metal it takes Village Elder manang nearly an hour to loosen it by hand finally the job is done it's the moment Main's been waiting for look at my neck what does it look like is it white or [Music] black Mar Blain's friend quickly reassures her it looks wher it's the first time ma Blaine's seen her neck in five years I was wondering all the time how my neck would look would it be black or white Main's neck and shoulders are scarred from where the heavy rings have gouged and dug into her flesh her neck feels very light without the weight it's not uncommon for for cayenne women to become lightheaded and dizzy after their rings are removed ma Blain wants to show her bare neck to her friends but feels so strange with it naked that she soon covers it with a scarf before she goes outside in mbl's World an exposed female neck is an odyssey this rare sight fascinates her [Music] friends