Betel Nut

Bing1 Lang2 檳榔 betel nut
檳榔西施 bing1 lang2 xi1 shi1, betel nut beauty

Betel nut and the girls who sell it are part of Taiwan's modern day culture although the days of the provactively dressed girls has come to an end in Taipei. This has not affected the betel nut's popularity and now more modestly dressed girls sell it from their roadside cubicles. The farther you get from Taipei the less the girls are wearing until ultimately they may be naked, but I clearly have never gotten this far from the city as I am still waiting to confirm this rumor.

Boris Artemieff
was so inspired that he published a book of photos. Read his two cents here.

Betel Nut General Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betel_nut

Betel Nut Beauties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betel_nut_beauty

http://www.seadolby.com/taiwan/betel.html

http://briandavidphillips.typepad.com/brian/betelnut_beauties/index.html

http://www.chefan.com/misc-movs/betelnut.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/20/taiwan_betel_nut_gir.html

http://www.eslisland.com/intro/TaiwanBetelNutGirl.htm

http://www.eslisland.com/gallery/album85

http://users2.ev1.net/~turton/BNG/betelgirls.html

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