A Village Market
A village market is a place where village people come from different places for buying and selling their commodities. tt is an important buying and selling centre for the villagers. It is the backbone of the rural economy. It usually stands at the centre of the village. There are two kinds of village markets - the daiJy market and the weekly market. The daily market is called 'Bazar'. It sits daily in the morning. The weekly market is called 'Hat'.It sits once or twice a week in the forenoon and continues till late in the evening. The shops in a village market are arranged in a systematic way. Mainly three categories of shops are seen in the village market. They r permanent shops, temp:ary shops and open space shops. The open space shops of the same kind are clustered together and are arranged in rows. Generall fish, milk. fruit b; 'el leaves, vegetables etc. are sold in the X. space sha s te" Yarary shops are held in sheds having only their roofs. In these hops o", : e; sa t, pepper, s i es etc. are found. The grocers, tailors, cloth dealers, stationers a d tea-sellers ha e tphecir permanent shops. There are different sections of the village market. They are the fish market, the ve tables market, the rice market, the fruits market and so on. The fish and vegetables :::rkr?, re the most noisy a d cr:wded places 'nthemarket :g'ng,so!of main 'racteristicsofavillagemarket.Nothingis bought and Id aithout haggling (fFR1) v"'agemrkt, fg atu ; th nec s;it.js:ojft"r jffgjjg;jtitOte:l;el:t:::jltt,tl;ej:gjj::tj;.t:tt:jo:o:jjjf value.It gs e peopie of :: get almost all :'l-e:,,'sooltThe:netsPte fj -ket is an integral part of village life. It is a place of large gathering where 1people get the opportunities for exchanging views and news let'aione for buying and selling daily necessaries. It saves the viliagers from the trouble of going to distant places to buy things of daily use.
