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MOST PICTURESQUE area in Lima is the open-air market place where the old 

 clings to the new with undying traditions. This is the native feria or fair, which 

 in spirit corresponds to the periodical county fairs of the western United States 

 of America. In reality it is just a market place for the display and sale of wares, 

 but Peruvians make a game of it. To them, bargaining is half the fun. Scenes 

 on this and the following page depict the spirit of the place which is mostly 

 gay, rarely serious. One does not hurry the storekeeper here for his pride and 

 his fun are more important to him than any sale. He clings to the carnival spirit 

 of his forebears. 



