(Baonghean.vn) - With just a string of frogs, a few mice or a bunch of wild vegetables, people can go to the market to buy and sell. These rustic, even slightly... scary items have contributed to the uniqueness of the markets in the mountainous regions of Nghe An.
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| At the highland markets, it is easy to see ethnic people here selling products taken from their fields or made by their families. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Dried giant toads are always considered a specialty by highland people, so they are in high demand at local markets. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| An old woman chooses to buy rat meat to cook. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| A local's "stall" at the market in Tuong Duong district has only two items: grilled wild rats and cool fish. These are all things that people catch in the wild. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| There are "village markets" held along the road right in residential areas, where the goods are still wild plants and vegetables picked by people when they go to work in the fields... Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| If lucky, customers can buy ant eggs - a specialty only found in the mountains. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Honey is collected from deep forests, instead of squeezing it into bottles, people leave the wax intact and bring it to the market to sell. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| The shoots of the Lui tree are also sold in abundance. The shoots can be cooked into soup, which is delicious, cool and nutritious. In particular, according to local people, this forest tree is also a medicine for breastfeeding mothers. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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| Wild things like male papaya flowers are also brought to the market by people to sell. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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