Female meat vendor
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Until the 1960s almost every small town in the provinces held market day once or twice a week. People from the barrios and the sitios would go to the town center, or poblacion, to sell their produce and buy their daily needs. In some towns, market day coincided with the cockfight (pintakasi); those who won in the derby would stop by the market and buy household goodsImage type: ReproductionMedia format: printCaption: Gossiping in the town's market is an ordinary activity. woman who sells meat chats with neighbor while waiting for customers.
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Filipinas Circa-- | FI00165 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FI00165 |
Until the 1960s almost every small town in the provinces held market day once or twice a week. People from the barrios and the sitios would go to the town center, or poblacion, to sell their produce and buy their daily needs. In some towns, market day coincided with the cockfight (pintakasi); those who won in the derby would stop by the market and buy household goods.
Gossiping in the town's market is an ordinary activity. woman who sells meat chats with neighbor while waiting for customers.
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