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A wet market (also called a public market [4] or a traditional market [5]) is a marketplace selling fresh foods such as meat, fish, produce and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabrics, kitchenwares and electronics.
A typical public market, in Danao, Cebu, locally known as a "palengke" in the Philippines. A palengke (Chavacano: palenque) is a permanent wet market in the Philippines (differentiated from periodic wet markets called talipapa). [1] [2] [3] [4]
WET, also known as WET Design, is a water feature design firm based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1983 by former Disney Imagineers Mark Fuller , Melanie Simon, and Alan Robinson, [ 3 ] the company has designed over two hundred fountains and water features using water, fire, ice, fog, and lights.
In Indonesia, practically all traditional markets are pasar pagi, open from early in the dawn to mid-day. Often the stalls are temporarily overflowing occupying nearby streets around the marketplace — which normally open for traffic in other hours of the day.
The fountain was rebuilt in 1995 by WET Design as part of $6.5 million project including landscape design by Kenichi Nakano. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Prior to 1995, the central dome had protruding nozzles and was surrounded by irregular white rocks to recreate a "lunar landscape", [ 8 ] discouraging people from interacting with the water features.
The case of Tekka Centre is often used to illustrate the complexities of Chinese language romanisation in Singapore.The market was originally known as "Kandang Kerbau" (or just "K. K."), Malay for "buffalo pens", referring to the slaughterhouses operating in the area until the 1920s, and the name still lives on in the nearby Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, Kandang Kerbau Police ...
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The Farmers Market is a wet market located at the Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City. The market opened in 1975 and serves as one of the best and largest fresh produce markets both in Metro Manila and in the country. The market is owned by the ACI, Inc., and is monitored by the Quezon City Government.