Research Article

Women’ Deixis in Trade Interaction of West Sumatra Traditional Market

Table 1

Characters of Five Markets in Bukittinggi City.

MarketMain character

Pasa AtehThis market is close to the character of a modern market for supporting shopping tours that provide items for embroidery, embroidery, handicrafts, and culinary.
Pasa BawahTraditional markets that provide various basic needs of the community, necessities, food ingredients, agricultural products, and crafts, as interpreted by the Bukittinggi Regional Government that “Traditional markets are places of business in the form of stores, kiosks, stalls, tents, and courtyards provided by the regional government for holding a process of buying and selling merchandise with a bargaining process.”
Lereang PasaThis market was originally part of a traditional market for agricultural commodities, then changed to a culinary market and a retail garment market, and relatively still has the character of a traditional market
Banto PasaThis market was originally a terminal remodeled into a modern market but to no avail and now used by street vendors of agricultural commodities.
Pasa AuaThis market was established in 1985. This market functions as a convection market with large-scale (wholesale) and several small-scale (retail) trades.

Note: Adapted from Bukittinggi City Planning, Research and Development Agency [58].