People in weekly haat at Surunga, Nepal

Haat हाट or hat, also haat bazaar, is an open-air market[1] that serves as a trading venue for local people in rural areas and towns of Indian subcontinent, especially in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.[2] Haat bazaars are conducted on a regular basis, i.e. or that is once, twice, or three times a week and in some places every two weeks. At times, haat bazaars are organized in a different manner, to support or promote trading by and with rural people.[3][4] In addition to providing trading opportunities, haat bazaars serve as meeting places, rural settlements come up around the haats which gradually grow into towns.

Bilateral Haats at international borders

Border Haats of India with neighbouring nations includejointly-run bi-lateral Haats at designated places on India's border with neighbours such as on India–Bangladesh border, India-Bhutan border, India–Myanmar border, and India–Myanmar border.[5]

India

Paintings for sale at Surajkund Haat/mela in Faridabad in Haryana.

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  • Delhi
    • Dilli Haat in Delhi is a famous permanent market place built in traditional style which is open every day.
  • Odisha
    • Ekamra Haat is a permanent marketplace and a landmark famous for its art and crafts market in the capital city of Bhubaneswar.

Bangladesh

Two districts Lalmonirhat and Jaipurhat of Bangladesh have the suffix "haat" in their name, undoubtedly reflecting the presence of haat bazaars in those locations around which these cities grew up.

Nepal

Eastern Nepal, most of the towns are named after the weekly haat. Aaitabare, Sombare, Mangalbare, Budhabare, Bihibare, Sukrabare and Sanischare are some common Nepali town names that are named for the day of the weekly haat.

Panchami, Nawamidanda, and Saptami are towns named after the fortnightly haats, according to the Hindu lunar calendar.

See also

Indian subcontinent
Other related

References

  1. "Haat". Oxford Dictionary. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012.access date March 2015
  2. Crow, B., Markets, Class and Social Change: Trading Networks and Poverty in Rural South Asia, Palgrave, 2001, [Glossary] p. xvii
  3. "Haat". Nepal News.access date March 2015
  4. "Icimod Haat Bazaar – Showcase, Sell, Share". Icimod.access date March 2015
  5. Closer economic ties with neighbours vital, The Hindu, 7 May 2019.
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