As for me, I settled for a fresh fruit juice and seasoned pholourie with a variety of amchar toppings. Amchar (pronounced an-char) is a Trinidadian condiment with East Indian origins. It is made from several spices and fruits boiled into a paste. Breakfast was filling and delightful.
Grafted banana trees lined a decorative stone path as we walked the length of this cosy market. Vendors selling craft, clothing and apparel, hair and beauty products, wine, jam and other interesting items were in this section. It was also easy to identify the Green Market staff and vendors by their green T-shirts. In a regular market, we are accustomed to the flamboyant beckoning of vendors to purchase their produce but there was no evidence of this at San Antonio Green Market. It seemed to be a shared space where vendors are approached at your own pace and you are never hustled. Another marker goer referred to it as yoga on a Saturday morning.
If you ever find yourself at this market, don’t be shy, speak to the vendors even if you aren’t interested in their products. We guarantee that you will walk away smiling. Some vendors are so charismatic that we were able to converse with them like an old friend whom we haven't spoken to in months!
Akilah Jaramogi specializes in ecological jewellery. That is handmade jewellery made from natural materials such as seeds, wood, stones and feathers. Akilah gathers her material from the local forests that she works very hard to conserve. Her efforts have not been in vain, as she received one of the highest national awards in 1997: The Humming Bird Gold Medal Award.
Akilah is one of the resident vendors at the San Antonio Green Market and Shelly had a brief interview with her.
Akilah can be contacted at : 1-868-689-7794 , 1-868-471-2051
Emailed at : [email protected]
Website: facrp.org
Akilah Jaramogi
Person we met along the way