 Melons on sale at Marrakech souq (market) (L); an archway in the souq (R) |
Just walking around the crowded lanes and narrow alleyways that emanate off the central World Heritage Site of Place Jemaa El-Fna in Marrakech, you feel as though you’ve stumbled back through the centuries to biblical times. Traders go about their business in long flowing traditional djellabas, mules are asleep on their feet awaiting their next burdensome errand and beggars ask for alms alongside old blind folk near-mummified with age. Everything you see, hear, do and taste in Marrakech has roots that go back eons in time, with artisans and tradesmen still using simple techniques that were first perfected a thousand years ago.
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