At the Rantepao market
ENI love hanging out in markets in Asia. During my stay in Sulawesi (Indonesia) last summer, I went to the one in Rantepao, in the heart of Toraja country. Here are some pictures of the atmosphere...
Live eels and pig's head
the pasar (market), everyone welcomes me very nicely. And the merchants, as always, gladly accept the photo. Really nice with the tourists!
Fortunately for you who are browsing this page, the camera only captures the colors, not the smells, particularly aggressive around the stalls of fish and meat.
Two sequences "emotion" came to spice up my little walk to the market of Rantepao ...
(The photos are to be discovered in the image gallery below).
The first in front of the buckets filled with live eels. The guy who sells them breaks their necks with a sharp gesture of the hand, before slipping them into a plastic bag. The noise raises the heart...
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An old lady who was next to me, when I took the picture, made me understand with a disgusted grimace that she hated it... But like me, she still stayed to watch.
Second moment, not very ragorous either, but much more fun, on the butchers side. Two young guys behind their stall feel inspired by my camera: one of them grabs the pig's head in front of him and places it in front of his colleague's face.
They laughed at their joke, too happy to admire the result on the screen of my 7D. I leave you with the pictures below...
Thank you so much, I'd love to go back!!! Thanks to you, I found myself there in the space of 2 seconds and at no cost!!! 🙂
Didn't you see the dentist officiating under his parasol? He was so funny, with all his teeth displayed on a plate and his instruments on a towel on the floor; by the time we passed by, he was pulling out a man's tooth before the frightened eyes of a little boy!
Excellent slideshow of photos ... the memory of some smells again, we could almost feel some images ...
@ Helen: I'm glad I was able to transport you!
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@nani: No, I haven't seen it (and so much the better!)... Brrr...
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@Manta: Yes, that's what I said to myself as I chose the images as I put them online: those who know the atmosphere are bound to remember the smells that go with it...
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I too have rediscovered a little taste of Rentepao without having been there; I recognized the coffee bag you brought me, and seeing it in context made me very happy; my little Indonesian madeleine in reverse, so to speak! 🙂 😉
Beautiful photos! Lots of smiles! Just Asia!
ysbilia: Bravo, you've got the eye! Yes, it was easier to bring back a packet of coffee than a bucket of eels...
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@fabrice: Yes, that's what I love about market photos. They plunge me back into the atmosphere. A little piece of Asia in a corner of my computer...
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Nice pictures!
I love markets too, it's always a great snapshot of the place!
Bravo pour ce billet et ce diapo, j'adore com d'hab' 😉 . And what a pleasure to stroll through a market. It's still the best way to immerse yourself in a country 🙂