Friday, 22 October 2010

Frontier market-day

 Frontier market-day
Coming to the North West is coming to the highland fair to be immersed in the colors of clothing and goods ... with the lively sound of life of ethnic minorities gentleness here. And has come to the market-the highlands, travelers can not ignore the bait.
Crane is one of the most distant markets - if travelers departing from Sa Pa - and also the fair's most beautiful, most vividly reflects the lives of highlanders.
Previous meetings on the rocky mountains crowded with terraced fields change color beautiful four seasons, but too remote, little-known. Recently, the provincial highway 153 was completed with Bac Ha Bao Thang connected directly to the Simacai then. Since then sentences for officials to close roads, to purchase the commodity exchange as well as sightseeing cruises crowded much lighter.
To be fair to visit the most complete way, to depart very early in Lao Cai. 4:30 am I was trailing on the road, the gateway to the markets that saw dozens of cars san-side. Many foreign tourists also departed earlier to be looked at and feel more completely fair.
Crane Market meeting on Saturday every week. Previously most of the markets to Mongolia and the second but recent convenient transportation, Dao, Ha Nhi, the Tay is also involved trading and barter. Although many tourists and foreign Staff Profiles known but kept the identity of a fair highland. There is no common language here, the ethnic markets that used to voices of the people there, very few people speak Kinh and must communicate with each other if they tried to signal or more commonly used languages are English Mongolia.
Fair meeting lasts from asphalt to a valley in the region with sales: cattle, clothing fabrics, supplies, cardamom, vegetables and local products. There are those who come only with a bag of chili market, left some squash, melon or a handful of freshly picked vegetables back gardens, simply because they came not only to fair trade which is routine, the joy, the hope is simple estimate of anyone living in the mountains of this abyss.
Dining area is always crowded. In the sugar cane fields nuop nuom always buyers who sell, the girls themselves hold the long cane and stripped down to the last internode, Morocco does not need a knife. Ice cream is a favorite dish at the fair. In food, vendors incessant hand cut meat, egg noodles, pour the wine, inviting guests ... Molded corn bread, noodles and tried to win probably more popular. Under the gentle hills for cattle and poultry with mostly men in buying or selling.
Space filled with colors typical of the northwestern highlands, which attracts people looking to sell most areas dresses and textiles. Dresses with colorful designs are extremely sophisticated, clever. The brilliant roll as raw materials for garment belt, belt lines or valances. The only stall selling colorful dazzled by the hundreds of rolls just fell open to attract buyers ...
When the sun reached the top first, then fair Crane began to melt. It packed up the goods, furniture quick, neat. To about 13g for text, including new markets in the last few hours and busy time buyers who sell just a green field in the sunlight silence spread over the tattered thatched roofs and the grass along the road. Crane as a dream has just come through, to whom a visit to the colors of the image and it will also square in the heart forever ...

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