Candle Craft Market

Candle Craft Market

best Christmas shopping ever, spending money on local artists and crafts only
Candle Craft Market - best Christmas shopping ever, spending money on local artists and crafts only

Location: 

Lobamba, Swaziland

Duration: 

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Journey: 

Coast to Coast in Southern Africa

Personal highlights

  1. Craft Market: many stalls on a big space, oddly located outside of town
  2. Artworks: colourful masterpieces, but not too much of diversity
  3. Vendors: extremely friendly people, trying to make a decent living
  4. Handcraft: artists explaining me in full length how they create their work
  5. Christmas: buying a lot of presents for my family and friends at home

Image sources

  1. Hanging arts exhibition
  2. One of the friendly vendors
  3. One of the many stalls
  4. Overview of some stalls
  5. Beautiful sculptures

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