#bazaars

[thefrankshow]

Outside the United Church of Christ holiday bazaar in Stroudsburg, this morning.

[stark-reading-mad]

What do you weave, 0 ye flower-girls?

With tassels of azure and red?

Crowns for the brow of a bridegroom,

Chaplets to garland his bed,

Sheets of white blossoms new-gathered

To perfume the sleep of the dead.

- In the bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I want to go to a bazaar

I want to see merchants and mongers

I want to inspect their wares

I want some nameless thief being chased by guards to bump into me and we both drop our bags and we accidentally grab the wrong ones so he makes off with some my useless purchases while I wind up with a great treasure stolen from the Sultan which the thieves guild will do anything to get back

I want exotic spices and silks from lands afar

[turnbullephemera]

One might indulge in flights of fancy by attending an Oriental bazaar in Wellington in 1884. This programme cover conjured up the atmosphere the organisers hoped for. The object of the bazaar was to get funds to purchase the Tinakori Road Schoolroom in Thorndon. There were ten stalls, including a Refreshment and Flower Stall, and live music and other entertainment was provided nightly. One popular attraction was  to be the performance of dances by children under  Mr K. P. Johnson.  The papers reported on the opening: “The Oriental Bazaar was opened at the Drill Shed by the Governor yesterday afternoon, when a large number of people were present. ... Some of the dresses worn at the bazaar were pretty but the most were rather gaudy, and not Oriental at all.  There was plenty of white calico, bright coloured silks, beads, and metal coins”.

Oriental bazaar under the patronage of Lady Jervois, at the Drill Shed, Wellington, September 6th, 1884 / Bock and Cousins, lithographic and letterpress printers, Lambton Quay, Wellington

Eph-B-VARIETY-1884-01

[livelymorgue]

Sept. 3, 1963: Artists of all stripes peddled their wares in a 14-block area on the West Village; The New York Times magazine ran a profile of this bazaar the following spring. “The common factor of the exhibitors is that all have convinced a jury of two artists they have done the work themselves and are not therefore dealers or middlemen of any kind,” The Times reported. “Having paid $10 for seven feet of ‘running space,’ they are free to display and sell their produce, subject to supervision by a monitor — a trusty chosen from the exhibitors.” Photo: Sam Falk/The New York Times

[thefrankshow]

Araby

[postcard-from-the-past]

Entrance to the Mouski Bazaars in Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian vintage postcard