Maracajaú - Rio Grande do Norte - Brazil

When the dream of a holiday home on the other side of the world turns into reality

             In the district Alecrim is the local market taking place every Saturday. The market is huge and is divided into sections so that the stalls

             offering vegetables are assembled side by side and those who sell rice, corn and grain in the same way is in the same section.

             In addition to large sections of meat and fish, there are also whole sections of live animals such as chickens and turkeys, and even the

             goats are in the middle of the street. Furthermore you can find volumes of T-shirts, sunglasses, CDs, bags and much more.

Market in Alecrim

The sellers in the market consist largely of peasants from the countryside, who come to town with their own cultivated vegetables and for many this is the only source of income. There is in Brazil currently much focus on the health hazards of commodities trading in this way, since nothing is stored in coolers and additional requires a new law of 2010 also, that all the stalls in the market for the future must be able to demonstrate that they pay taxes.
Many believe this will cut the last lifeline to those who do not have another job, but conversely it will also reduce the number of professional traffickers, who have people organized in this kind of moonlighting.