Village Market

A village market is a place where villagers meet to buy & sell things. It is a useful buying & selling center for the villagers. It generally sit at an open place on the outskirt of a village by the side of a river or a canal or a road. There are two kinds of village markets. Many of them sit once or twice a week. These are called hats. Again, big & rich villages have daily bazaars. Hats usually sit in the evening while bazaars sit in the morning & continue till mid-day. There are permanent & temporary shops in a village market. On the market day many shops sit outside under the open sky. Rice, vegetables, fish, poultry & homemade things are bought & sold in the market. Fist & betel leaves have the largest sale. A village market is the meeting place of the villagers. They also get news & views from here.