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Ninety seconds on Karakol Animal Market
Sundays only, from seven: this is a working livestock market, not a show for visitors. Arrive late and the trade is already breaking up.
Horses, sheep, cattle, goats and donkeys change hands across two compounds, with a used car market alongside. Ninety minutes is enough, unless you get caught up watching the buying.
A horse is judged on a short trot, and a fat-tailed sheep by the weight of its rump in a buyer's hands. The ground is a yard, not a paved square, so wear boots you can hose down afterwards.
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