Mapusa Municipal Market

Mapusa Municipal Market (also known as Mapusa Market and Mapusa Friday Market) is a traditional market in Mapusa, North Goa and a major tourist attraction. It was built in 1960, the first planned market in Goa.^[1] The market has three blocks with 164 shops, some of which have been sub-divided, so bringing the total to 173.^[2] It is open every day, except Sunday; and is particularly popular on Friday mornings.^[3]

Vegetables on sale at Mapusa Municipal Market in Goa

The trade

Goan vendors come in from the surrounding villages to sell their locally grown or manufactured wares,^[4] such as spices, fruits, jewellery, pottery, chickens, incense and carpets.^[5] Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for straw hats, Goan home-made chouriço and the like. Strings of Goan chouriço, spiced and marinated pork sausages, seedless tamarind, or amot are also traded.

Gallery

• Mapusa Market
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  The huge crowds
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  Cloth and other material on sale
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  Chicken sellers