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What the hell is Mak Kio or Mak
Khio?
I found this in a small village called Nam Kham - Mountains
Hill Tribes Laos |
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Another Mystery. These Indian ladies would chew this nasty
stuff. They called it Kio Mak.
The mak means something to chew, but I am not sure of the Kio or Khio or however
you
would think it should be spelled.
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| You put some of the white cream
stuff on the leave. Wrap the leave with the wood. |
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| I tried the stuff. Chew and spit.
Chew and spit. Nasty. It could be opium. But who knows? |
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Red and ugly teeth. The older people or Indian's are the ones
chewing this.
A semi Indian live in the towns and the Indians live outside the town. Sort of
seems racist, but hard to tell/
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