I'm meant to be going down to Dimapur at some point today, if my ride from Zunheboto actually comes to pick me up from Kohima. (We're meant to be picking up some people in Dimapur before heading back to Zunheboto tomorrow.) Anyway, to mark my potential arrival in Dimapur on a Sunday, I thought I'd share some pictures that I took 2 weeks ago when I was in Dimapur. (It's pretty photo-heavy, so apologies to people with a slow internet connection.)
The friend I was staying with in Dimapur brought me to the Sunday market just outside Dilai Gate on the road to Diphu, which technically means it's in Assam, not Nagaland. There's a sign that says 'A K Market' but most of my friends (even the ones in Kohima) know it as the Dilai Gate Market.
It's pretty much strewn next to the side of the road, which happens to be a national highway...
At the market, you can find your usual vegetables.
Gourds.
Local varieties of ginger and garlic.
And little chillis - these are more like bird's eye chillis, they aren't bhut jolokia / Naga King chillis.
Lots of spices
And other dried stuff. I noticed a lot of dried fish especially.
People were frying up sweets and selling them, alongside different kinds of bhujia.
They also had baskets for sale.
There was a somewhat carnival atmosphere, with one man selling balloons.
And another one selling cotton candy. (Note the massive truck on the right - did I mention this was on a national highway?)
Some ladies were making pithas (made from rice flour and coconut) as well. Maybe someone can tell me the name for this type of pitha.
Then of course, there were the more exotic 'meats'. My friend reckons these are silk worms, but they look slightly different to the ones I ate when I was in Diphu.
There were beecombs, filled with tasty grubs (I imagine).
And some jungle spiders - I have tried spider before, when I was in Zunheboto last year, but I don't know if they were the same variety as these. There were also grasshoppers, but I can't seem to find photos of those...
The less exotic meats were much more popular. There was fresh fish from the many rivers and lakes of Assam.
There were live chickens for sale.
As well as dead ones.
Almost all the butchery was done on site. I saw a few goats having their throats slit.
We had goat curry for lunch that day.
The most popular meat was (surprise, surprise) pork. Here, unlike with the chickens and goats, there were mini-barricades set up to keep customers out of the pig butchering area. I was told that the reason for this was that previously, people would rush in and grab the choicest parts so the barricades were set up to keep pushy (we'd say kiasu in Singapore) customers out.
So there you have it. A typical Sunday morning in Dimapur.
Except, well, without going to church...
The friend I was staying with in Dimapur brought me to the Sunday market just outside Dilai Gate on the road to Diphu, which technically means it's in Assam, not Nagaland. There's a sign that says 'A K Market' but most of my friends (even the ones in Kohima) know it as the Dilai Gate Market.
It's pretty much strewn next to the side of the road, which happens to be a national highway...
At the market, you can find your usual vegetables.
Gourds.
Local varieties of ginger and garlic.
And little chillis - these are more like bird's eye chillis, they aren't bhut jolokia / Naga King chillis.
Lots of spices
And other dried stuff. I noticed a lot of dried fish especially.
People were frying up sweets and selling them, alongside different kinds of bhujia.
They also had baskets for sale.
There was a somewhat carnival atmosphere, with one man selling balloons.
And another one selling cotton candy. (Note the massive truck on the right - did I mention this was on a national highway?)
Some ladies were making pithas (made from rice flour and coconut) as well. Maybe someone can tell me the name for this type of pitha.
Then of course, there were the more exotic 'meats'. My friend reckons these are silk worms, but they look slightly different to the ones I ate when I was in Diphu.
There were beecombs, filled with tasty grubs (I imagine).
And some jungle spiders - I have tried spider before, when I was in Zunheboto last year, but I don't know if they were the same variety as these. There were also grasshoppers, but I can't seem to find photos of those...
The less exotic meats were much more popular. There was fresh fish from the many rivers and lakes of Assam.
There were live chickens for sale.
As well as dead ones.
Almost all the butchery was done on site. I saw a few goats having their throats slit.
We had goat curry for lunch that day.
The most popular meat was (surprise, surprise) pork. Here, unlike with the chickens and goats, there were mini-barricades set up to keep customers out of the pig butchering area. I was told that the reason for this was that previously, people would rush in and grab the choicest parts so the barricades were set up to keep pushy (we'd say kiasu in Singapore) customers out.
So there you have it. A typical Sunday morning in Dimapur.
Except, well, without going to church...
