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Moses is climbing for mustard greens. Swagup Village. Upper Sepik. Whilst the women go fishing, the men do their garden work. They mostly plant cacao, sweet potatoe, vanilla (for export), coconuts, beetle nuts...

Moses is getting some mustard sticks straight from the tree top. In Papua New Guinea, the popularity of the psychoactive betel nut is on the rise. Once reserved for sacred events, now almost half of Papua New Guineans chew betel nut.It is common for children as young as six to chew it, and addicts admit using the drug every day from morning to night. The chewing of betel nut, the seed of the Areca palm, is common across Asia and the Pacific.
In Papua New Guinea, where it is known locally as "buai", it is consumed with a mustard stick dipped in slaked lime powder.

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Claudio Sieber
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PNG - Sepik Region - Swagup to Palambei
Moses is climbing for mustard greens. Swagup Village. Upper Sepik. Whilst the women go fishing, the men do their garden work. They mostly plant cacao, sweet potatoe, vanilla (for export), coconuts, beetle nuts...<br /> <br /> Moses is getting some mustard sticks straight from the tree top. In Papua New Guinea, the popularity of the psychoactive betel nut is on the rise. Once reserved for sacred events, now almost half of Papua New Guineans chew betel nut.It is common for children as young as six to chew it, and addicts admit using the drug every day from morning to night. The chewing of betel nut, the seed of the Areca palm, is common across Asia and the Pacific.<br /> In Papua New Guinea, where it is known locally as "buai", it is consumed with a mustard stick dipped in slaked lime powder.