"Betel mania"
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
The basic old-age addictive psycho-stimulating combination - Betel leaf (Piper betle) laced with slaked lime, the betel nut (Areca catechu), a bit of gambier (Uncaria gambir), plus tobacco, cloves, and many others modified in various cultures.
This guy had a name which I had great difficulty to say it right with the correct intonation and enunciation. I suppose it sounds like "Meeeoomeen".
A Myanmarese helper with a compulsive habit of chewing betel nut. I guess the only time he doesn't chew is when he's asleep. Some regard the chewing of betel and areca nut to be a known human carcinogen. The habit chewing the mixture of areca nut and betel leaf is a tradition, custom or ritual which dates back thousands of years in much of the geographical areas from South Asia eastward to the Pacific. The quid is psychoactive drug and has sedative effect.
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"Betel mania"
Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.
The basic old-age addictive psycho-stimulating combination - Betel leaf (Piper betle) laced with slaked lime, the betel nut (Areca catechu), a bit of gambier (Uncaria gambir), plus tobacco, cloves, and many others modified in various cultures.
This guy had a name which I had great difficulty to say it right with the correct intonation and enunciation. I suppose it sounds like "Meeeoomeen".
A Myanmarese helper with a compulsive habit of chewing betel nut. I guess the only time he doesn't chew is when he's asleep. Some regard the chewing of betel and areca nut to be a known human carcinogen. The habit chewing the mixture of areca nut and betel leaf is a tradition, custom or ritual which dates back thousands of years in much of the geographical areas from South Asia eastward to the Pacific. The quid is psychoactive drug and has sedative effect.
Ref. and suggested reading: