30-04-2022, 05:26 PM
(30-04-2022, 05:16 PM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: Native people in Taiwan and Hainan are related to Malay, they tattoo their faces.
Perhaps so and some of their culture still persist in later centuries. Eg I was told that betel nuts is one of the items among the bridal display for weddings in Hainan in early 1900s.
Not sure if this is still practised now.
Quote:In Malay weddings, a ceremonial betel box known as the tepak sirih, containing betel quid ingredients, was once the centrepiece in the bridal display.https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-16/iss...el-chewing