New Delhi, May 1 -- Mapusa market, especially on Fridays, throbs with activity. It's the day when smaller businesses set up their stalls in this market in north Goa, selling trinkets, gifts and other odds and ends. At the heart of it is the enclosed municipal market, which has its usual assortment of vegetable sellers. Above the two main entrances, facing each other, are two murals printed on tiles. Most people who use the market on a regular basis hardly notice these murals, especially since they are not at eye level.

One mural shows scenes of festivities, Hindu and Catholic, with a jazz band in between. The other is a representation of the market itself, filled with buyers and sellers of all kinds and at least one dog.

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