Description:
A farmer waters a Betel leaf (Piper betel) garden with a pitcher in Meherpur. Bangladesh. June 28, 2007. Betel leaf or Pan is a tropical creeper belonging to the pepper family of plants named Piper betel. People chew it to sweeten the breath and color (crimson) the lip and tongue and also to have some narcotic pleasure. Normally pan is chewed with shell-lime paste (chun) and areca nut or Betel Nut (supari). Many eat pan mixing it with additional elements such as coriander-seed, cinnamon, cardamoms and manifold flavoured dusts.
Description:
A farmer waters a Betel leaf (Piper betel) garden with a pitcher in Meherpur. Bangladesh. June 28, 2007. Betel leaf or Pan is a tropical creeper belonging to the pepper family of plants named Piper betel. People chew it to sweeten the breath and color (crimson) the lip and tongue and also to have some narcotic pleasure. Normally pan is chewed with shell-lime paste (chun) and areca nut or Betel Nut (supari). Many eat pan mixing it with additional elements such as coriander-seed, cinnamon, cardamoms and manifold flavoured dusts.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shehab Uddin
City:
Meherpur
Country:
Bangladesh
Headline:
Betel leaf_Bangladesh
Copyright Notice:
Copyright Majority World
Filename:
MWC002251.jpg
File Date/Time:
1471649029
File Size:
3102551
File Type:
2
Mime Type:
image/jpeg
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Image Description:
A farmer waters a Betel leaf (Piper betel) garden with a pitcher in Meherpur. Bangladesh. June 28, 2007. Betel leaf or Pan is a tropical creeper belonging to the pepper family of plants named Piper betel. People chew it to sweeten the breath and color (cr