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Monday, January 12, 2009

where to find bread, meat and fish in Nkc

All over Nouakchott you'll find bakeries where you can buy fresh bread in the style of the french baguette, due to the particular climate dry in the winter and humid during summer, this baguettes will go dry very fast in the open air or soggy when the humidity is high.

You'll find all over town, small tables made of scrap wood where you can by meat but this drawing is from the african market in the 5emé district, where sellers sell side by side with a cloud of flies hoovering around. The meat on sale is mostly camel, lamb and goat.

Fish is sold as well in the 5éme but this fish stall is in a big market close to the Moroccan mosque. Mauritanian waters are rich in fish and we can find from big fish like tuna to the "sardinella" from the sardine family.


4 comments:

4ojos said...

I´m really enjoying this serie about Mauritania. Keep on posting

szaza said...

Your work is just beautiful!

Laureline said...

I really like your work, too. Your way with paint is lovely.

Isabel said...

Thank you I also love Mauritania and its people if you want to know more about them visit http://mauritania-isabel.blogspot.com/

 
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