Pasar malam
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Picture of traditional Malaysian Pasar malam

Pasar malam during day at Jurong East, Singapore. The crowds usually appear during the night.

Pasar malam is a Malay word that literally means night market, "Pasar" being related to "bazaar" in Persian. A pasar malam is a market in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia that opens in the evening, usually in housing areas. It brings together a collection of stalls that usually sell goods such as fruit, vegetables, snacks, toys, clothes, movie discs and ornaments at cheap, reasonable prices. Pasar malams often open only one to a few days of the week, as the traders rotate around different housing areas on different days of the week. Haggling over prices is a common practice at such markets.

See also

• Pasar pagi
• Wet market
• Night market
• Hawker centre, open-air complexes in Malaysia and Singapore housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food
• Kopi tiam, literally means "coffee shop"
• Pasar Malam Besar A Dutch yearly festival held in The Hague