Every five days is my market day. Lots of people come into town in order to sell their goods. It's also village wide drinking day. They have this stuff called dolo that some familes make and sell, made from millet or sorghum and its kind of like a light beer. I'm not much of a fan but it makes every market day a party day.
I can usually find onions or spices in my village, but market day is the day to get all kinds of vegetables and grains or beans. That's when I buy beans to make cheesy beans and rice at home. There are dozens of tomato ladies (btw women sell the food and men sell knick knacks or clothes or hardware items, usually) and onion ladies and drink baggy ladies as I mentioned in a previous post. I can usually find limes on market day along with garlic and some better spices.
Here is my neighbor at her stall in the market. She sells salt and chicken bouillion and peppers, also peanut butter occaisionally. Her grandkids help me around the house alot (weeding, getting water etc) and like to use my porch light to do their homework.
Market day is a great day to get tools or bike repaired because there are all kinds of handymen around. You can also buy pots and pans and plastic things like buckets and strainers. There are fabric vendors you can buy cloth from to take to the tailor. Here is a quick little video of part of the market, you can here me talking in the end and can see my neighbor in her stall. Some guy is bothering me to take his picture and give him money.
So that's market day in a nutshell.
I want to put longer videos up but the internet is never good enough.
