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It is a handicraft market to find everything.You have to negotiate very tough for the prices to go almost 70% lower. Inviting vendors are really boring but you can find really good original African masks at very reasonable prices.
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Date of experience: December 2019
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I was lucky that at the first stall I visited along the main road, the seller (a young man that spoke English) assisted with navigating the stalls for the items I was looking for and at the best prizes. I felt safe despite being a solo female traveller Loved the bead bangles made by the Masai ladies…
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Date of experience: January 2019
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Its a good place to buy or access cultural material from Tanzanian artists. The have a way of crafting the woods and beads to represent certain story or attach them to several this like watches, bracelets, cotton material, vikoi etc
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Date of experience: July 2019
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here you get to see so many products which are hand made by the sellers there are painters,sandals makers,bracelet makers and so much more,the part i love most about this place there are so many women whom are entrepreneurs.
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Date of experience: March 2019
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This place is considerably more expensive than Tingatinga or Slipway market, but the stuff is pretty much the same, with minor variations in size and types of animals. Plus, someone tried to sell us some shady tanzanite for $2000 (!!!), no joke. The “tanzanite bag” was pulled out of some secret pocket of some inconspicuous bagpack, and practically shoved into my face. For 2000 U.S. Dollars. I seriously doubt those were even close to being real stones. I went there during the day with a group of 5 people, we were the only customers, it was really hard to get out because the shoppers were extremely insistent and aggressive. Speaking some Kiswahili helps, but the so-called “mzungu tax” (price increase for foreigners) is a bit excessive.…
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Date of experience: July 2019
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