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The Sanpatong Buffalo Market

13 images Created 25 Jun 2011

The Sanpatong buffalo market is about 30 miles from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Every Saturday hundreds of farmers come to buy and sell buffalo and cattle. A lively wet market has sprung up next to the buffalo market where you can get everything from fish sauce to the clothes.

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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: A buyer tries to pull his buffalo to a waiting truck at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: The Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND:  Buffalo buyers and sellers gather at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: A white buffalo for sale at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND:  Buffalo buyers and sellers gather at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND:   A couple discusses the buffalo they are trying to sell at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: A buffalo rubs its head on a fence post at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: Water buffalo calves at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND:   Thai cattlemen in the cattle part of the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: A Thai cattleman conducts a trade for his cow at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND:  A man brings his cow into the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: A cattleman at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 JUNE 2011 - SANPATONG, THAILAND: A water buffalo for sale at the Sanpatong buffalo market near Chiang Mai, Thailand, June 25. The buffalo market in Sanpatong started as a weekly gathering of farmers and traders buying and selling water buffalo, the iconic beast of burden in Southeast Asia, more than 60 years ago and has grown into one of the largest weekend markets in northern Thailand. Buffalo and cattle are still a main focus of the market, but traders also buy and sell fighting cocks, food, clothes, home brew and patent medicines.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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