7 Most Strange Markets in the World, Until You Can Buy a Wife!

The market is a place for buying and selling transactions. Usually the goods sold are related to daily needs, such as food and clothing.

However, some markets have unique characteristics that are unique and cannot be compared to those in general, such as the 7 markets below. These characteristics can vary, from places, goods sold, to the history of the establishment of the market.

1. Spider Market, Cambodia

As the name implies, this market sells spiders. Not for maintenance, but instead consumed as a snack. Maybe we feel amused and disgusted, imagine how it feels to eat spiders. But said people who have tried it directly, it tastes savory and delicious, like a mixture of chicken and fish.

In this place, you can find thousands of types of spiders, ranging from small-sized to palm-sized tarantulas. Have the guts to try?

2. Witch Market, Bolivia

The items sold here are not magic equipment in the style of Hogwarts students in the "Harry Potter" movie, yes! Called the Witch Market, because strange things are sold. Among them are dried animal fetuses, frog carcasses, preserved animals, owl feathers, to asteroid stones.

Witch Market is located in La Paz, Bolivia. Those who came here on average were shamans, fortune tellers, and astrological researchers.

3. Voodoo Fetish Market - Togo

This is the largest Voodoo market in the world. Some examples of Voodoo equipment sold include Voodoo dolls, skulls, horse hearts, to elephants' feet. On average, these objects are the basic ingredients of drugs or traditional ingredients.

The physician in Togo believes that this herb has proven effective in curing various diseases. This market is also often used as a "pharmacy" for people who do not have the assets to seek medical treatment.

4. Gypsy Market, Bulgaria

Stara Zagora Suburbs, Bulgaria, will change to a place to buy and sell each Todorovden or Saint Todor Day which falls in mid-March. Do not compare with the practice of prostitution, because this is a custom that has been carried out from generation to generation.

The attractive-looking girls will gather there waiting for a man who would be made a life partner. Men and women who attend will be accompanied by each family.

They will also determine the criteria for prospective dream-in-law. Men who are interested in the woman must ask permission and talk to the woman's family. Do you want to try?

5. Mercado de Sonora, Mexico

Avenida Fray Servando Teresa, Mexico, also has a market that sells items for mystical rituals. Voodoo dolls, demon statues, ritual candles, until mysterious herbs are available here. Many witches or shamans from all over the world come to shop.

Not only sell ritual needs, adherents of the supernatural usually open the stalls at Mercado de Sonora. Customers can request unusual things, such as amulets to pellets to attract mates.

6. Koto Baru Mute Market, Indonesia

Usually, a market sounds crowded due to bargaining activities between sellers and buyers. But in West Sumatra, there is a market that transacts with sign language. For this reason it is called the silent market.

Not by chatting, the determination of the agreement is done by shaking hands under a piece of cloth. They have a finger-using code that can indicate a certain nominal, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of rupiah.

7. Maeklong Market, Thailand

This maeklong market in Thailand can be considered quite extreme, because it is located on the edge of an active railroad. Semi-permanent buildings were built up to the center of the railroad. If there is a sign that the train will pass, they stop the buying and selling process and rush to tidy up the wares.

Traders will open the tent in front of their market until the train passes. But after that, selling activities continued.

Are you most curious about which market?

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