Nigeria. Enugu State. Enugu. Ogbete Main Market is the biggest commodity market. Two different shops, one selling fashion clothes (R) and the other (L) traditional loin clothes. A man and four women, all Igbo, are laughing and talking together. Some work in the shops, the other are just visitors. Two manikins wears a head tie which is a women's cloth head scarf. The head tie is used as an ornamental head covering or fashion accessory, or for functionality in different settings. Its use or...
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Nigeria. Enugu State. Enugu. Ogbete Main Market is the biggest commodity market. Two different shops, one selling fashion clothes (R) and the other (L) traditional loin clothes. A man and four women, all Igbo, are laughing and talking together. Some work in the shops, the other are just visitors. Two manikins wears a head tie which is a women's cloth head scarf. The head tie is used as an ornamental head covering or fashion accessory, or for functionality in different settings. Its use or meaning can vary depending on the country and/or religion of those who wear it. The head tie is called gele in Nigeria. Ogbete main market is the choice market for wholesale buyers and sellers. It is segmented into lines and lock-up shops. Each line is made up of various lock-up shops occupied by traders dealing on similar or related goods. In Ogbete, some of the lines are numbered alphabetically such as K-line, M-line D-line etc. However, some other major lines are not numbered alphabetically, they are railway line or electronics line, provision line, plastic line, cosmetic line, books line etc. Residents of Enugu usually prefer going to Ogbete for major shopping, to buy things in bulk, to purchase quality and original goods, to have access to varieties, to buy new products and to buy goods at wholesale or company price. Apart from clothing and textile materials, prices of commodities in the market are moderately cheap. Enugu is the capital of Enugu State, located in southeastern Nigeria. 1.07.19 © 2019 Didier Ruef
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