Bazaar

Bazaar (Persian: بازار; Arab Suk ) is the Persian word for market. As the German word means both the bazaar matching supply and demand and the trading place, which has specific characteristics in terms of its design, localization and function.

The term Bazaar is used for markets in Oriental-Islamic cities and is received as a loan word in many languages ​​from China to the Balkans.

A hallmark of " oriental " bazaars is the juxtaposition of shops, the products of the same category (eg, shoes, spices, fabrics ) sell ( industry sorting). In contrast, Central European traders endeavor since industrialization rather territorial protection, so try spatially as clearly as possible to distance themselves from competing retailers. Another feature of the bazaar is the functional integration of wholesale and retail. The bazaar is usually near the main mosque.

In an oriental bazaar, it is common practice to determine the prices by negotiating ( haggling ). If at all price tags are present, then these are for guidance only and as a starting bid of the seller. Word and negotiate gesticulating, is not only permitted, but even encouraged. Western tourists who renounce fear, ignorance or generosity fact be regarded in many Oriental countries even as rude or arrogant.

"In addition to the stores, where it is only sold, there are many, which you can watch how the objects are created. So one is there from the beginning, and in a good mood the viewer. Because the desolation of modern life is that we get everything fixed into the house and to use, such as from ugly magic apparatus heard. "