A haat bazaar, most often called
only haat, is an open-air
market that serves as a
trading venue for local people in rural areas and some towns of Nepal, India and Bangladesh. "Haat bazaars" are conducted on a regular basis, i.e. once, twice, or three times
a week and in some places every two weeks. At times, haat bazaars are organized
in a different manner, to support or promote trading by and with rural people. (Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia )
“Haat
Bazaar” at 13th More, Haldia Township, Haldia, West Bengal is
conducted on every Monday & Friday where localites as well as people from
nearby villages around Haldia come to sell different types of eatables, food
items such as grain/pulses, vegetables, fish, local herbs,bakery, confectioneries etc., general household usage materials, sapling & plants, etc.
Such
kind of “Haat Bazaar” gradually focuses on rural settlements and convert
villages into small towns and they create & provide trading opportunities
for rural population. “Haat Bazaars” are centralized marketing centers for a
large number of rural producers who need to reach where the purchasing power
lies with minimum overheads and flexible stock and they are informal wholesale
market for self-employed vendors with very little capital
Photographs
of 13th More, Haldia Township, Haldia “Haat Bazaar”
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| Onions being sold at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Onions & other vegetables being sold at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Different types of fish being sold at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Fish being cleaned and cut into pieces at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Different types of fish being bargained and purchased at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Different types of readymade eatables being sold at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Different types of eggs being sold at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Different varieties of Incense Stick being sold at 13th More "Haat Bazaar" |
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| Different types of Bakery Items being sold at 13th More Haat Bazaar |
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| Different types of vegetables being sold at 13th More Haat Bazaar |
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| Different types of vegetables being sold at 13th More Haat Bazaar |
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