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Betel nut leaves : close-up

This is a picture of betel leaves which are chewed as an alternative to the smoking of cigarettes. The leaves are for sale at a stall in Little India. Title devised by Library staff.

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Betel leaves--Singapore--Photographs

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MADEUP ACTOR SMOKING A CIGARETTE
A “betel nut” seller waiting patiently for his next customer. The 2,000-year-old East Asian custom of chewing the areca-nut, betel leaves and lime is no longer practised in Singapore.
WOMAN CHEWING BETEL NUT, SINGAPORE
MOTORCYCLIST SMOKING CIGARETTE
BETEL NUT TREES, SINGAPORE
BETEL NUT TREES, SINGAPORE
BETEL NUT TREES, SINGAPORE
ACTOR WITH DISTINCTIVE MAKEUP SMOKING A CIGARETTE
A BAYAK WOMAN PREPARING BETEL LEAVES, SARAWAK
Man exhaling smoke from cigarette at backstage of a Chinese street opera
MAN WITH SONGKOK AND SMOKING CIGARETTE LOOKS UP FROM HIS TEA STALL IN GEYLANG
ELDERLY MAN SMOKING A CIGARETTE
Serangoon Road, with betel-nut trees lining both sides. A single tram line (running from MacKenzie Road depot to Paya Lebar) was sufficient to service the area at that time.
Serangoon Road, looking towards Upper Serangoon Road, with betel-nut trees lining both sides. A single tram line (running from MacKenzie Road depot to Paya Lebar) was sufficient to service the area at that time.
TEMPLE MEDIUM SMOKING A CIGARETTE AT TAN QUEE LAN STREET
Serangoon Road, looking towards Upper Serangoon Road, with betel-nut trees lining both sides. A single tram line (running from MacKenzie Road depot to Paya Lebar) was sufficient to service the area at that time.
Serangoon Road, looking towards Upper Serangoon Road, with betel-nut trees lining both sides. A single tram line (running from MacKenzie Road depot to Paya Lebar) was sufficient to service the area at that time.
A girder bridge over Rochor Canal that is flowing into Kallang River, with a colony of the native mangrove fern growing under the bridge in the foreground. A kampong surrounded by coconut and betel nut palms is visible on the opposite end. The modern version of this bridge currently exists, located opposite Southbank condominium.
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MALAYSIA. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND MALAYAN PENINSULAR: PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SCENERY IN SINGAPORE, MALACCA, PENANG AND THE MALAYA STATES: PICTURE SHOWS BETEL NUT PALMS
OWNER OF A MOBILE CIGARETTE STALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF READ BRIDGE
Two photographs of areas for shifting cultivation and for areca nut (Betel nut, Pinang) trees. Photographs illustrate Special Report on Operational Significance of Land Utilisation in Malaya.
KIM KEAT ROAD TEMPLE -- MEDIUM POSSESSED BY "SAR YA PEH" SMOKING CIGARETTES