Chitral hat bazaar
Peshawar, Pakistan
The hat bazaar in Peshawar. Like many markets round the world, merchants of one type cluster together. I was really tickled by this shot because the lad walking towards me is not carrying hats, but nan chapatis -- hot bread -- of the exact size and shape as the traditional tribal hat.
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N J Gaffney writes:
Early seventies. My traveling companions and I would buy this bread, straight out of the roadside underground ovens in which they were baked. Slighty doughy (is that a word?) we would then buy fried cauliflower from the next stall. Wrapped in this bread, it was a feast.
Azhar Muhammad writes:
There are two types of nan. One is called Peshawari nan and other is Afgani nan. Afgani nans are just like ellipses, while peshawari nan are in round shape. In the local pushtoo language there are two major dilects. Both dilects have different names for nan. One calls it ROTTAY and other calls it DODAAY. So if you go to Peshawar, ask them DODAAY OR ROOTAY not nan because nan is an Urdu language word, not Pushtoo.
Azhar Muhammad writes:
One more thing, this Bazaar is know as "Qizza Khoanni Bazaar" which means story teller bazaar. A long time ago business men and travellers used to stay there because this place was good for entertainment and there were lots of story tellers in this bazaar.
Shams. writes:
I went to this bazaar in may 2005. i walked through the narrows alleys and small shops. Its amazing the kind of merchandise you can find in this old market.
AFRIDI writes:
i lived in peshawar for 11 beautiful years. This picture is of the Bazar called CHITRALI BAZAR, near to a fomous QASI KHAWANI BAZZAR in Peshawar. The hat is the triditional cap of the people of Chitral, but famous all over Peshawar.