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- Just after dawn, the streets leading to City Market are already filled with flower vendors and their customers. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo
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- Indifferent to the auto-rickshaws and motorbikes passing inches away from them, two women share a smile. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo)
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- A man carries red roses outside the city’s wholesale flower market. (Photo: Diana Lopez)
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- A merchant waits patiently for customers. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo)
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- Women bargain over the price of roses. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo)
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- Among the flower merchants is the occasional seller of vegetables–in this case, hot peppers. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo)
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- Early-morning sunbeams highlight piles of flowers at the market. (Photo: Krysten Massa)
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- Inside City Market, garlands await a buyer. (Photo: Alicia Bermudez)
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- Garlands for sale (Photo: Alicia Bermudez)
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- A carefully arranged garland of blossoms catches the morning light. (Photo: Krysten Massa)
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- One lotus blossom rests atop lotus buds. (Photo: Krysten Massa)
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- Bridal flower garlands hang outside a vendor’s stall. (Photo: Alicia Bermudez)
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- A flower garland merchant rests from stringing blossoms next to his completed product. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo)
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- A merchant coils a length of garland as portraits of sacred figures look on benignly. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo)
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- At the entrance to City Market, a merchant prepares a display of lotus buds. (Photo: Rick Ricioppo
