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Check the day before you plan around it. First-quoted prices typically run 2-3x fair value - bargain hard.
The market traces its roots to the early 1970s, when Western hippies who had settled in Anjuna began bartering clothes, jewelry, and belongings to fund their extended stays, gradually forming an informal Wednesday trading circle by the beach. It grew out of Anjuna's reputation as a countercultural hub built around Eight Finger Eddie's full-moon parties in the late 1960s. What began as a subsistence swap-meet for stranded travelers has since evolved into a sprawling weekly bazaar drawing thousands of vendors and visitors each season.
