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Djemaa el Fna Square

Marrakesh, Morocco

Djemaa el Fna is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city).
The Cultural Space of Jemaa el-Fna Square has been proclaimed a Masterpiece and included into UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

The place remains the main square of Marrakesh, used equally by locals and tourists. During the day it is predominantly occupied by orange juice stalls, youths with chained Barbary apes, water sellers in colourful costumes with traditional leather water-bags and brass cups, and snake charmers who will pose for photographs for tourists. As the day progresses the entertainments on offer change: the snake charmers depart, and in the afternoon and evening the square becomes more crowded, with Chleuh dancing-boys (it would be against custom for girls to provide such an entertainment), story-tellers (telling their tales in Berber or Arabic, to an audience of appreciative locals), magicians, and peddlers of traditional medicines. As dark descends the square fills with dozens of food-stalls, and the crowds are at their height.
Steam rises from food stalls.

Nikon D3S ,AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G
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Sam_C31-Dec-2011 18:36
Stunning shot! Outstanding work! V++
Gilles Navet23-Dec-2011 14:34
Superbe composition.
Dans mon cœur
Gilles
fotabug14-Dec-2011 01:06
What a wonderful capture of a beautiful night scene
Pierre10-Dec-2011 19:21
Une scène tout à fait exceptionnelle, une très belle réalisation! V
kenindfw05-Dec-2011 13:21
Excellent! You really captured the scene. V
Elmer Quianio04-Dec-2011 16:30
Excellent contrasts of light! Vote
Guest 28-Nov-2011 18:40
Excellent. My fav in this marvellous gallery...
So full of so many stories of life, colors, details....
Compliments.
Arthur Lebacq27-Nov-2011 08:05
A wonderful scenery....excellent handle of light here....V.
zonedout26-Nov-2011 21:44
Light masterfully handled V V ...z
Guest 13-Sep-2011 08:40
beautiful image.. my compliments
peterjay4509-Feb-2011 15:05
An outstanding image. V.
silvia marmori01-Dec-2010 10:36
you captured the spirit of that crazy wonderful square
lou_rozensteins01-Dec-2010 08:18
An excellent shot and interesting too. Well done.
Gerard Koehl01-Dec-2010 06:27
Splendide... V
Paco López01-Dec-2010 04:48
Excellent! BV!
Barbara Read and Fred Schaad01-Dec-2010 04:13
Excellent night time photography.
Guest 01-Dec-2010 02:56
Excellent work. V.
J. Scott Coile01-Dec-2010 02:37
from the thumbnail on my phone I thought it was a chariot race... :-)
Michel Jasmin01-Dec-2010 01:56
Excellent
Gayle P. Clement01-Dec-2010 00:58
A am so impressed with the clarity and detail of these low light images. Vote