Young Peacock buyer, Sintra Portugal
Taken back in the spring of 1988 at a weekend flea market in Sintra, about 15 miles northwest of Lisbon. We were visiting with distant relatives and decided to grab a lunch at the local flea market. Unlike flea markets we've been to here in the states, this one was almost totally filled with food and livestock vendors. One of our friends was a local school teacher and was able to give us a discreet English running translation of the negotiation going on between this boy and the Peacock's seller. The boy wanted to buy the Peacock to replace one that had been killed after escaping and being struck by a car. He was a shrewd customer, mentioning that the price (which I can't remember), was too high because some of its tail feathers were not in great condition. He said the family's Peahens were "sad and lonely". The seller mentioned that the Peacock would still, even with the imperfect tail feathers, make the Peahens very happy and he would be their "best boy friend". Not understanding Portuguese, I can't say that this was the exact translation, but the way he explained this activity was good enough. After we had lunch we walked down the same line of vendors and the Peacock was gone, the crate having been replaced with one containing a half dozen goslings.
This image was copied from a Kodachrome 64 slide using a Nikon D3500 camera.
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Young Peacock buyer, Sintra Portugal
Taken back in the spring of 1988 at a weekend flea market in Sintra, about 15 miles northwest of Lisbon. We were visiting with distant relatives and decided to grab a lunch at the local flea market. Unlike flea markets we've been to here in the states, this one was almost totally filled with food and livestock vendors. One of our friends was a local school teacher and was able to give us a discreet English running translation of the negotiation going on between this boy and the Peacock's seller. The boy wanted to buy the Peacock to replace one that had been killed after escaping and being struck by a car. He was a shrewd customer, mentioning that the price (which I can't remember), was too high because some of its tail feathers were not in great condition. He said the family's Peahens were "sad and lonely". The seller mentioned that the Peacock would still, even with the imperfect tail feathers, make the Peahens very happy and he would be their "best boy friend". Not understanding Portuguese, I can't say that this was the exact translation, but the way he explained this activity was good enough. After we had lunch we walked down the same line of vendors and the Peacock was gone, the crate having been replaced with one containing a half dozen goslings.
This image was copied from a Kodachrome 64 slide using a Nikon D3500 camera.
DSC-4526Q