Haat bazaar
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Haat Bazaar(Bengali:হাটবাজার) is an open-air market[1]that serves as atrading venuefor local people in rural areas and towns mainly inBangladesh,Bhutan,NepalandIndia.[2]Haat bazaars are conducted on a regular basis, usually once, twice or thrice a week, and in some places once every fortnight. At times, haat bazaars are organized in a different manner, to support or promote trading by and with rural people.[3][4]In addition to providing trading opportunities, haat bazaars serve as meeting places, rural settlements come up around the haats which gradually grow into towns.
Bilateral Haats at international borders
[edit]Border Haats of India with neighbouring nationsincludejointly-run bi-lateral Haats at designated places on India's border with neighbours such as onIndia–Bangladesh border,India-Bhutan border,India–Myanmar border,andIndia–Myanmar border.[5]
List of popular Haats by country
[edit]India
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- Assam
- Gohpur Haat BazaaratGohpurinAssamis considered India's larges
- Beltola Bazaar, Guwahati which is a bi-weekly market with historical significance dating back to the Ahom Kingdom[6]
- Delhi
- Dilli HaatinDelhiis a famous permanent market place built in traditional style which is open every day.
- Haryana,
- Gita MahotsavatBrahma SarovarinKurukshetrainHaryana,month long month Haat in Nov-Dec every year.
- Surajkund HaatatSurajkundinFaridabadin Haryana, month long Haat in Nov-Dec every year.
- Odisha
- Ekamra Haatis a permanent marketplace and a landmark famous for its art and crafts market in the capital city ofBhubaneswar.
Bangladesh
[edit]Two districtsLalmonirhatandJaipurhatof Bangladesh have the suffix "haat" in their name, undoubtedly reflecting the presence of haat bazaars in those locations around which these cities grew up.
Nepal
[edit]Eastern Nepal, most of the towns are named after the weekly haat.Aaitabare,Sombare,Mangalbare,Budhabare,Bihibare,SukrabareandSanischareare some common Nepali town names that are named for the day of the weekly haat.
Panchami,Nawamidanda,andSaptamiare towns named after the fortnightly haats, according to theHindu lunar calendar.
See also
[edit]- Indian subcontinent
- Other related
- Market (place)
- Palengkein Philippines
- Retail
- Wet marketin Singapore
gallery
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'The Haat' of Doraguda (The weekly village market of Doraguda, Odisha) -
'The Haat' of Doraguda (The weekly village market of Doraguda, Odisha)
References
[edit]- ^"Haat".Oxford Dictionary. Archived fromthe originalon July 20, 2012.access date March 2015
- ^Crow, B.,Markets, Class and Social Change: Trading Networks and Poverty in Rural South Asia,Palgrave, 2001, [Glossary] p. xvii
- ^"Haat".Nepal News.access date March 2015
- ^"Icimod Haat Bazaar – Showcase, Sell, Share".Icimod.access date March 2015
- ^Closer economic ties with neighbours vital,The Hindu, 7 May 2019.
- ^ab"Nagrika - Come one, Come all: Weekly Haats Versus Urban Civic Challenges".Nagrika.2024-06-28.Retrieved2024-09-11.
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