Really Really Free Market
The premise of this Sunday’s Really Really Free Market is simple: bring a used item you no longer need to the 228 Peace Memorial Park and exchange it with something else you fancy. Items will be laid out on mats so no one will know who the original owner is.
Starting in the US in 2003 to protest the country’s capitalist economy, the market eventually evolved into casual weekend get-togethers in cities around the world where people simply exchange second hand goods.
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The Taipei gatherings, which take place on the last Sunday of every month, also consist of sharing food and hosting workshops such as music or drawing lessons. In other words, an exchange of ideas in addition to commodity. While barely over a dozen people attended the first market in the summer of 2012, hundreds are expected to show up at Sunday’s gathering.
■ 2pm on Sunday at 228 Peace Memorial Park (二二八和平紀念公園), 3, Ketagalan Blvd, Taipei City (台北市凱達格蘭大道3號). Admission is free. For more information, check: www.facebook.com/events/1721351624787215
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