Monday, August 4, 2008

Tiruvalla Fish Market





I went to Chenganoor, a lovely town in Kerala to attend my first cousin's wedding, the youngest of 4 daughters, I had been remiss (usually short of leave or money or both) to attend the earlier weddings and resolved not to miss this! A tradition is to buy fish at the market as there is a dinner on the night before at the respective houses and my aunty was preparing to cook for the many expected guests, both friends and family.
We went to the market at 6 am, and you can see the multitude of fish on offer just laid out on mats with each fishmonger having their own designated spot.
Some of the fish you can see are mathi or sardines(2nd picture) and karrimeen (a delicacyithird picture) and a marlin on the back of a truck.

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