Women and children in 'long neck' tribe who wear brass neck rings 'to look like dragons'
Zo’é - Survival International
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Decimated by disease soon after, their numbers are now growing again. They only came into sustained contact with outsiders in when missionaries of the New Tribes Mission built a base on their land. Their land has been officially recognized by the government, which controls access to it to minimise the transmission of potentially fatal diseases such as flu and measles. Here several families live together, sleeping in hammocks slung from the rafters and cooking over open fires along the sides. As well as providing a rich source of food, the nut shells are fashioned into bracelets, and the shell fibre is used to make hammocks.