Sunday, August 31, 2014

To the south of the Median is the Jamaa El Fna, a large square bordered by market stalls and filled with people, both tourists and locals. When we arrived we heard musical instruments playing and men walking around accompanying the music with drums. It wasn't until later that we realised the musical instruments were eastern flutes being used supposedly to charm snakes. Having taken a few photos of this spectacle we walked away, only to be accosted by two men, one carrying a snake, demanding payment for the photos I'd taken. Naturaly we paid them something though not as much as they wanted.
As we waked around we noticed several coffee shops filled with men and not a woman in sight. We figured the women were all out doing the household shopping or home doing housework or mayberunning the family market stall.
Next to the square is a large mosque, the Koutoubia Mosque, the largest in Marrakesh. 

Jewellery store with potential customer

Spices and Dried Fruit

Jamaa El Fna

Coffee Shop filled with men only

Koutoubia Mosque

Charming snakes

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