You guessed it, one of Ceara’s national prides is cachaça liqueur, and in it you will find pickled just about everything, even crabs! Plenty of them at the Mercado Central.
Straw baskets on display at the Mercado Central
Colorful straw potholders on sale at Fortaleza’s Mercado Central among other neighborhing places
Cashew, my weakness!
More cachaça, pocket-size, always handy………..
Coconuts and their precious water couldn’t miss at the Mercado Central
Dried fruits, vegetable oils and juices
Rapadura, a pure, energetic concentrate of cane sugar, very typical from Ceara. Yet another national pride.
Ever-present, ever-swinging hammocks. If you haven’t dozed on one while you were in Fortaleza, you can’t say you have fully experienced the city.
Traditional way to make the embroidery for hammocks and clothes
More straw baskets
Colorful table/kitchen cloths
Straw hats, beach-style, classy, aren’t they?
Tablecloth made with coconut fiber
More tablecloths
My stroll around Mercado Central, the essence of Ceara’s art and craft in the heart of Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil, right next to Nossa Senhora da Assunção. Rest assured that here you can find literally anything, from food to clothes to shoes to hammocks to kitchen towels.
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Textiles were lovely, both white and colors, and also the ones made with coconut fiber. We bought some for the tables in different colors, they create a really nice effect :)
Great. Love every photo you took at the market (specially the cachaca with the crab inside). When I visited Rio, I spent some time in the markets too. We discovered a lot of things.
Beautiful photo essay. I love visiting Markets — I would be especially tempted by the textiles in this one!
Textiles were lovely, both white and colors, and also the ones made with coconut fiber. We bought some for the tables in different colors, they create a really nice effect :)
Quelles délices,quelles couleurs!!!
Une merveille!
Rende l’idea! Colori, sapori, allegria!!!
Vero, una bella passeggiata!
Great. Love every photo you took at the market (specially the cachaca with the crab inside). When I visited Rio, I spent some time in the markets too. We discovered a lot of things.
Rio has some wonderful markets too, I loved the Feira Hippie!
Hey! Iwas wondering about the first picture… where is taht place where u can get crabs in a bottle?? looks so cool! :)
I saw it at the Mercado Central, the same topic of this post…