Zeigyi - Market

Zeigyi Market No:1
Zeigyi Market No:1
Zeigyi literally means big market however in Mawlamyine, Zeigyi is often used to refer to the town's main shopping area located around People's Market No.1 on Lower Main Rd, as well as the bazar of shops and other markets located between Thaton Tadar St and Sin Bin Thar Yar St (see our map of Mawlamyine for reference). Zeigyi is not to be confused with Zeigyo, which is the area located 7 km away near the highway bus station on the way to Mudon.

If you'd like to get a snap shot of a microcosm of Mawlamyine, then make your way down to the market early in the morning. People from the all walks of life, from the affluent, to those who struggle for day to day survival, to professional beggars can be found side-by-side, shoulder to shoulder in and around the markets in Mawlamyine.

 

Fresh Chicken at Zeigyi
You can't get any fresher than that!
Pictured first on this page is the entrance to the main market at Zeigyi, People's Market No: 1. This is a 'dry market' where items for sale include domestic household  goods such as pots and pans, clothes, longyi, soaps and detergents, biscuits, cigarettes, medicines etc. There are two main locations where 'wet market' produce are sold; the first is on Thaton Tadar St immediately outside the northern boundary of People's Market No:1 and second, a much larger area located on the corner of Thaton Tadar St and West Cantonment Rd (the road which parallels Anauk Tat Myay St on the map). Items sold at the wet market include fresh chickens, either dead or alive where you can even slaughter your own, fresh fish caught from the Gulf of Mottama and Andaman Sea, prawns, eels, fruits and vegetables. Some of the fish sold in the market are gigantic in size suggesting that many of Myanmar's waters are untouched by large scale commercial fishing enterprises.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 March 2006 )