Baraholka (Kazakhstan)
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| Baraholka | ||
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| Location: Kazakhstan | ||
| Author: Dena Sholk | ||
| Affiliation: Independent scholar and alumni of Georgetown University | ||
Original text by Dena Sholk
In Russian, a baraholka is a pejorative term for an outdoor, open-air flea market where second-hand goods are bought and sold. The Russian words for ‘market’, rynok or bazaar, are more neutral synonyms. Related terms include the noun barakhlo, which refers to low quality junk, and the verb barakhliit’, which is to hoard or to collect items of little value.