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15 juin 2015

Tsoundzou

These are some typical roadside scenes in Mayotte. The above photos were taken in the village of Tsoundzou. There's a bridge over a pretty river, where various outrigger canoes were parked. The bridge is actually fairly new. It was started about ten years...

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, fruit, car, market, village, football, onion, container, kwalé, palm tree, river, tsoundzou

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11 mai 2015

Market Day Has Gone Forever

There used to be two markets in Mamoudzou. The official one, and the clandestine one. The official one is under cover, in a fairly recent building where sellers rent out spaces the size of your average garage for 120€/month. Pretty expensive by Mahorese...

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Tags: mamoudzou, mayotte, fruit, clothes, dark, market, clandestine, smell, damp, destroy, hygienic, official, vegetables

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28 juillet 2014

This Little M'Zungu Went To Market... and she bought...

This is the outdoor market in Mamoudzou. Pretty much a permanent fixture, currently augmented reality thanks to the Ramadan market which has appended itself on top of the original. I'm quite pleased with these photos because photos of the market are hard...

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Tags: mayotte, cassava, fruit, tomato, vegetable, clothes, salouva, fish, boat, market, fat, headscarf, onion, china, fisherman, mamoudzouThis l, size, taiwan

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1 juin 2013

Bigfruit

I just thought I'd show you the rather large papaya I bought at the market in Coconi this morning. It measures 42 cm, the size of a smallish baby, and it's about the same weight at 3.3kg. It's not ripe yet, but you're welcome to come and share it in a...

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Tags: mayotte, fruit, papaya, emily, market, big, coconi

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31 décembre 2012

Scenes in Mayotte

Two Mahorese ladies, decorator and decoratee during a Tourism Committee festival. They draw geometrical figures and flowery shapes on their faces for all sorts of ceremonies, from weddings to end-of-year school parties, generally with a white paste. Sometimes,...

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Tags: mayotte, box, fruit, vegetable, zebu, fish, boat, market, ylang, water buffalo, face paint, distillery, fishing, letter

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25 septembre 2011

Cooking

What happened when we went to the market ! Tomatoes, coconuts, green bananas, peppers, yellow bananas, papayas, cassavas. After having trailed as many times as humanly possible round the two local supermarkets – one of which is a large one with pretty...

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Tags: banana, breadfruit, cassava, food, fruit, glue, green, jackfruit, latex, papaya, pepper, slices, tomato, vegetable, yellow

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