Bara Bazaar, Aizawl

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The market for fresh vegetables.

Whenever I travel to a new city, I usually make enquiries if the city has an old market. It is here that you get to learn the best about the culture of the city.

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Vegetables being sold.
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All Mizos, including children love to chew this – tambool.
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Dry nuts.
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Roasted peanuts.
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Roasted Chana.
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Local Ice Cream vendor.
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Old lady selling bananas and papaya.
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Women selling paan leaves and supari. Both come from Assam.

Aizwal was no different. We spend the full morning in Bara Bazaar, a very popular flea market in Aizawl, which also happens to be the main shopping place for the town.

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Dried fish.
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Dried fish.
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Dried fish.
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Women selling cabbages.
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Brinjals.
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Raja mirchis.
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Breakfast time.
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Local beans.
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Shopping bags on sale.
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Ginger.
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Some local stuff.
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Local vegetable.
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Spice market.
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Local tea stall owner busy in tiding up her make-up.
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A man from Assam making a living in Aizawl.

The market is on many levels like the city and is full of colorful clothes, vegetables, meat, fresh produce and handmade wicker baskets being sold by villagers from nearby villages. With so much on offer, no wonder it is the most popular place in town.

 

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