A gallery of images from the markets of Rio.

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A vendor shows customers pitahaya, mor commonly know as dragon fruit, at Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo on July 18, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A women orders traditional food at a local vendor in Liberdade, the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, on July 17, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A young girl offers vegetables to a customer during the street market in São Paulo on July 23, 2016. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Two vendors talk while waiting for customers to stop by their store at Mercado Municipal on July 18, 2016. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)

Stalks of sugar cane are stacked up to be made into juice at a local street market held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A young girl sorts through a pile of jewelry at a vendor in Liberdade, the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, on July 17, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Lots of Japanese crafts and origami could be found on the streets of Liberdade on July 17, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Performers painted themselves to look like Japanese statues in Liberdade on July 17, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Visitors to Liberdade posed in front of ribbons hanging up for the Festival of the Stars in Liberdade on July 17, 2016 (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A metal band performed for the Festival of the Stars in Liberdade on July 17, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A young girl gets a boost to see a metal band performing for the Festival of the Stars in Liberdade on July 17, 2016. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

Mercado Municipal, an indoor food market located in São Paulo, offers a variety of fresh produce from local vendors. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Reagan Allen | BSU at the Games)

A local street market is held every Saturday in Vila Madalena, São Paulo that offers a variety of fresh produce for locals to purchase. (Maggie Kenworthy | BSU at the Games)

A visitor poses with the Grim Reaper in Liberdade, the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, during the Festival of the Stars on July 17, 2016. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)

Liberdade, the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, on July 17, 2016. (Stephanie Amador | BSU at the Games)
Ball State at the Games is a group of 50 journalism students traveling from Muncie, Indiana, to Rio for the Olympic Games. Follow them at bsuatthegames.com, @bsuatthegames on Twitter and Instagram, and BSU at the Games on Facebook.