Pasar pagi (Malay/Indonesian, lit.: 'morning market') is a type of traditionalmarket found inMalaysia andIndonesia, sometimes classified as awet market.[1][2][3][4]
Pasar pagi mostly operates from early morning to the afternoon.[5] Nevertheless, there is also a related traditional market calledpasar malam (lit. 'night market'). The difference betweenpasar pagi andpasar malam is in its operating hours.Pasar pagi opens early in the morning from dawn to noon every day, approximately from 04:00 to 12:00. On the other hand,pasar malam opens at night, approximately from 17:00 to 22:00, and only on selected days of the week.
The type of goods being sold is also quite different.Pasar pagi is where many housewives, domestic helpers, and local folks appear to shop for their daily needs, mostly uncooked freshproduce. The things that are on sale are usually fresh daily produce, includingfruits,vegetables,spices,fish,meat,eggs, and all kinds of daily products. Whilepasar malam is more to cater a leisurely shopping and eating-out activity, selling ready-to-eat food, snacks, clothing, and various knick-knacks.
In Indonesia, practically all traditional markets arepasar pagi, open from early in thedawn to mid-day. Often the stalls are temporarily overflowing occupying nearby streets around the marketplace — which normally open for traffic in other hours of the day. They sell fresh produce, such as vegetables, fruits, chicken, meat, and fish. The majorpasar pagi inJakarta are Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua, Pasar Induk Kramat Jati,Pasar Minggu andPasar Senen. Pasar Minggu specializes in fruits and vegetables, while Pasar Senen specializes on sellingkue, as they offer a rich variety of traditional Indonesian snacks, open everysubuh (dawn).[5] Meanwhile, inSamarinda, the only market named as such is theSamarinda Morning Market.
In Malaysia, one of the biggestpasar pagi is at Pasar Pudu atPudu and Jalan Pasar atChow Kit area inKuala Lumpur.[6]
In March 2020, all wet markets (including pasar pagi) were temporarily banned from operating due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[4]