Harmony in People’s Market

The Rejowinangun market will bring back the function of the people’s market, which has become a place to interact and form social bonds.

Kompas/Ferganata Indra Riatmoko

A vendor gets a free health checkup in the Rejowinangun market in Magelang city, Central Java, on Nov. 3. The market, which suffered a fire in 2008, is now functioning optimally and offers various services to improve the well-being of its vendors. The market received the 2017 Anugerah Pancawara award for "Best National Market" in the category of "Markets with over 500 Vendors."

The face of Lastri, 47, was pale when she had her body temperature checked by the medical team at a health clinic at the Rejowinangun market in Magelang, Central Java. It had been three days since the vegetable vendor caught a cold and started coughing. Minutes later, she returned to her kiosk with medicine in hand.

“Fortunately, there is a health clinic at the market. I wasn\'t worried about leaving my kiosk because the medical check was quick and the place was not far,” Lastri said after the receiving the medicine on the morning of Nov. 3.