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Home » Blog » Traditional Life at a Burmese Market: A Photo Tour
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Traditional Life at a Burmese Market: A Photo Tour

//  by Simon//  3 Comments

A few places are as fascinating as a Burmese market, with its bustling traditional life.

Inle Lake Market, A Pa-O Girl

Markets are ubiquitous in Burma but the ones taking place at Inle Lake are likely among the most interesting to spot the locals attending their daily business and people from different ethnic groups, coming down from their villages to sell their goods.

Yellow and Purple Corn

A Burmese market is a feast for the eyes, an experiences for all senses. 

Colors, smells, shapes, people. And also strange food, handicrafts and many scenes of ordinary life. Women chatting, a couple of men playing checkers, customers examining the food, comparing prices, carefully chosing what to buy.

Burma Market, Preserving Fish With Salt

Impossible not to get captured by the Pa-O women, with their colorful headdresses, mostly bright orange or fuchsia. They have a proud look, and unlike most Burmese they smile very little and stay between themselves, not really mingling with the others.

Burmese Market, Dried Food

As I wander along, I find myself stopping every few steps to look at the stalls displaying food I had never seen before and which I was unable to recognize.

Burmese Market, Fruit Chips

Most food is naturally processed – either dried, or through salt – so that it can be preserved for a long time in the warm and humid tropical climate.

Burmese Market, Dried Legumes

Large hand-made baskets are filled with colorful legumes, and old iron cans serve as a measurement tool.

Burmese Market, Red Chili Peppers Burmese Market, Pink and Purple Flowers

Further on, bright red chili peppers and beautiful pink and purple flowers. Absorbed in their activities, most locals didn’t seem to notice the few tourists passing by the stalls.

Hand-Made Cigars

At a Burmese market, food is by far the primary good. The neatly packed hand-made cigars, displayed with taste, seem to wink at the people but gather interest from only a few.

Burmese Market, Hand-Made Baskets

There’s little room for ‘extra’ items, and the piles of hand-made baskets don’t seem to find but a couple of buyers. I suspect that the baskets are mostly for tourists, but who will ever travel with something as hulking?

All of a sudden, I realize that the locals have started to put away their remaining goods. It’s almost time to go home.

What is your favorite market?

 

 

Simon

Travel addict and passionate about photography, Simon Falvo started Wild About Travel back in 2009. Leveraging her strong PR background, she developed an extensive knowledge of Digital Communications and Social Media Marketing. Besides travel writing Simon holds workshops and trainings, she collaborated with tourism boards for digital marketing campaigns and participated as a speaker at several events.

Category: MYANMARTag: asia, people & traditions, photography

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  1. Helmy Barkawi

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    Love the corn photo. In fact, I love all your photos. Good job.

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  2. Leigh

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    Beautiful capture of the market. Love the cigar photo in particular.

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    • Simon

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      Now, that’s interesting, Leigh. I was not sure about adding the photo of the cigars. So… Really glad you liked it!

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