Haiti Market Day / Jou Mache - Castor beans (maskriti) and organic chicken eggs for sale

Haiti Market Day / Jou Mache - Castor beans (maskriti) and organic chicken eggs for sale

Here is a photo of a pile of castor beans (maskriti) and farm-fresh organic chicken eggs (ze poul peyi) for sale during market day (jou mache) in Haiti.

Next to the maskriti is a small pile of lemons (sitwon) for sale. Lemon is a hard to find commodity in Haiti these days.

About jou mache in Haiti

Most cities and towns in haiti have one or two days during the week they call 'Jou Mache' (Market Day), That's the day everyone from the outskirts of the city bring their cultivated goods (danré) to market for sale.

That is is also they day they buy the things they need to bring back to the countryside. Matches, kerosene, vegetable oil, spaghetti, etc...

Read more about Haitian Marketplace, Eggs and Chickens in Haiti, Jou Maché en Haiti, Castor Beans Haiti, Maskriti in Haiti, Castor Oil Haiti, Haiti Photo Stories

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