Market in Luganville

 It looks like for a market to exist one needs a town, some of whose inhabitants do not produce food and have to buy it. In some parts of the world an idea of a town like this is a new concept, brought by colonisation. In some countries, independent today, there are almost no towns. For example in Vanuatu there are just two towns: the capital Port Vila and Luganville on the biggest island. There are markets there.

There are vegetables to buy there but they are very different vegetables than in Europe. For example taro roots. Some bulbs are sold in baskets made of still green palm leaves.

Apparently there is a custom there to sit under a sand. The seller has to be visible but the rest of the family does not, so they sit under the stand.