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1998-2001 Student Research

Caruaru:  The Market Defines the City

By Orly Amir    

             The market in Caruaru was different from the markets we visited in São Paulo, Manaus and Recife.  The people, cultures, and products varied from those I have encountered in Brazil.  The Caruaru market was divided into four sections:  the exchange (“Troca-Troca”) area, food products, clothing, and handicrafts.  It was divided geographically also, according to each of these areas.  The market was very large and seemed to cover a large part of the city.  The streets and praças blocked off for non-use by cars; the only traffic that entered the market was by people walking or biking; there were also many wheelbarrows steered by people.

A First Time Feeling:  Being a tourist in Caruaru

By Sara Donohue    

 I have never felt more like a tourist than in Recife.  Throughout the whole study tour, I never once felt like I was a tourist, only so far while in Recife, specifically on our trip to the Caruaru regional markets, “Feira.”

Caruaru:  A Brazilian Market

By Vanessa Berman

The trip to Caruaru was very similar to a lot of the experiences I have had in Brazil’s open markets.  The ride into Pernambuco State’s Agreste region, took a little over two hours.  It seemed to drag.  I really did not understand why we were traveling so far “just to go to a market.”