Story teller in Djemaa el-Fna, Marrakech

Story teller in Djemma el-Fna, Marrakech
Originally uploaded by crisis-tour.

According to Paul Bowles, "without Djemaa el-Fna Marrakech would be just another moroccan city."

The "DF", as I like to call it, is home to all manner of freaks, from jugglers, lunatics, musicians, story tellers, acrobats, henna artists, snake charmers, and monkey trainers.

We weren't too impressed with the latter and didn't take any photos. The snake charmers sew the mouths of their "deadly" snakes closed rendering them harmless and starving. The monkey trainers, well thats just cruel, man.

This picture does capture some of the frenetic energy and timelessness of the DF.