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Mapusa Friday Market, Mapusa
Mapusa Friday Market is a major market in Mapusa, North Goa and a major tourist attraction.It is located outside the Mapusa Municipal Market.Friday sees most housewives from Bardez and Tiswadi descend on the stalls selling a staggering variety of local produce brought in by farmers and small entrepreneurs from all over Goa, to sell directly to the consumer. The market winds up by dusk and Mapusa quickly gets back to normal, until the following Friday.
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The Trade
This market reflects the essence of Goa and it is a riot of color and noise.Goan women dressed in their colorful best come in from the surrounding villages to sell their locally grown or manufactured wares, including spices of all kind. Fresh fruits, mostly organically grown, is in abundance.It is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for straw hats, Goan Homemade Churisso and the like.
Food & Delcacies
Once entering into the market, the elusive smell that twitches everyone's nose is Goa's secret ingredients for all those wonderful sweet and sour curries - round lump of seedless tamarind, or amot as it is known locally, is traded in great demand.
String of Churis or Churisso - Goa's mouth watering sausages, spiced and marinated in feni.The sausage can be fried, or boiled, or added to an ordinary dish for extra zing.
Tips & Tricks
The best part of shopping in the Friday Market is, despite the good bargains, you are still expected to haggle.Never pay the first price asked, whether it is over trinkets, straw hats, dried fish or furniture.
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- Mapusa Friday Market
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Vegetables on sale
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The huge crowds
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Cloth and other material on sale
External links
Template:Neighborhoods of Goa
Categories:- Markets in India
- Bazaars in India
- Economy of Goa
- Goa geography stubs
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