Going to the market is an occasion looked forward to by the women folk in rural areas. Thus, they can be seen fully clothed in colourful baju melayu or blouses with sarong, complete with a selendang. Sometimes, the women go to the market to gossip or catch up with each other on lost time, such that the woman in the centre has to nudge her way to get at the sellers plying their ware in the wicker baskets. This is a market scene painted in 1995, when well-stocked air-conditioned supermarkets and cell phones have not existed yet. Rahmat Ramli was once promoted by Rahime Harun’s AP Gallery. Rahmat’s name was mentioned as the artist of the painting, How Much For One Bunch Of Bananas?, (page 42) in Professor Muliyadi Mahamood’s book, Modern Malaysian Art from the Pioneering Era to the Pluralist Era (1930s-1990s) (Utusan Publications).