betelnut

These are something like, you know, workers in India when they work, they chew something call a betelnut (ph) and a lot what you see is betelnut stains.

India's Commonwealth Games Face Hurdles 2010

These are something like, you know, workers in India when they work, they chew something call a betelnut (ph) and a lot what you see is betelnut stains.

India's Commonwealth Games Face Hurdles 2010

I've had betelnut-stall bosses tell me I can't shoot their girls, and I usually comply just because I don't want to get into an argument that could lead to an altercation.

Photowalk Bust Michael Turton 2009

Guys were chewing betelnut and smoking while carrying out their task.

Kaohsiung Harbor 1980s Photos? Michael Turton 2009

Smoking is the national pastime so there had better be some laws for the stinking betelnut chewers and their associated jizzle and nut debris that they eject at will.

Tuesday Odds and Ends Michael Turton 2009

There's also an accompanying video with footage of actual betelnut girls in Taiwan and prints of Taiwanese models in some pretty kitschy scenarios.

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I've built a booth inside the gallery and, during the opening and closing, I'll have a scantily-clad girl selling betelnut stickers to viewers.

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In Binlang Shi Shr (Betelnut Girls), Ho not only expresses a concern over the "entrapment" of women in sexual-economic exploitation, but also exoticizes this selling process, as an actor hired for the performance interacts with viewers like a betelnut girl.

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More recently, betelnut palm Areca catechuhas been used for this purpose.

Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka 2008

Link (Previous coverage of betelnut girls on Boing Boing here, here, and here)

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