If you ever go to Papua New Guinea, the first thing you will notice is the brilliant red-stained teeth and lips of the local men and women. Betel nut, or what the locals call buai [boo-eye] is the cause.any foreign visitors try betel nut as a way to experience a part of the local Papua New Guinea culture. In addition, if a visitor arrives at a local personâs house for dinner, the visitor will most likely be given betel nut as a welcome offering. If you would like to learn how to chew betel nut, follow these steps.
1. minstrel show-a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes. troupe, company-organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel.
Stand-up is a decidedly American invention, with its roots going back into the mid 1800s. Up until that time comedy was the exclusive domain of theater. The unintentional grand father of stand-up comedy was Thomas Dartmouth Daddy Rice, the man who is credited with inventing the minstrel shows.t is also the first time that something akin to stand-up comedy was presented in front of a live audience. From here the path to stand up comedy is easy to trace. Minstrel shows showed that low maintenance variety shows could be accepted as mainstream entertainment.