Saturday, April 3, 2010

Betelnut girl 檳榔西施 with tattoo design

Betelnut girl 檳榔西施 with tattoo designShe has this great tattoo of a phoenix, she said it cost NT$80 000. She was featured in today's Apple Daily.

Betelnut girls (Binlang Xi Shi) are a unique part of Taiwan culture. They sit in brightly-decorated glass booths wearing skimpy outfits, and sell cigarettes, drinks and betelnut to passing drivers. It’s a controversial trade but not actually illegal. The question of whether the girls are exploited is open to debate – certainly their own perception is mostly that they are doing a job like any other, and the less they choose to wear, the more they sell.

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