The great market place in Marrakech. Jama el Fna means "Assembly of the dead", but could also mean "place of the vanished mosque", in reference to a destroyed Almoravid mosque.
1Jama el Fna - preparing for sun set Restaurants on wheels are preparing for the sunset, to feed people after the fast. (Picture is taken in Ramadan).
2Jama el Fna - monkey business People gather around a man who makes shows with monkeys.
3Jama el Fna - preparing for sun set Restaurants on wheels are preparing for the sunset, to feed people after the fast. (Picture is taken in Ramadan).
4Jama el Fna - horse carriage Horse carriages like this are very common in and around Jema el Fna.
5Jama el Fna overview The place is huge, and attracts many people at all times.
6Jama el Fna overview The place is huge, and attracts many people at all times.
7Jama el Fna - preparing for sun set Restaurants on wheels are preparing for the sunset, to feed people after the fast. (Picture is taken in Ramadan).
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9Jama el Fna - monkey business There are many ways of earning money here, and showing of animals are one of them.
10Jama el Fna - preparing for sunset The place is huge, and attracts many people at all times.
11Jama el Fna - overview The place is huge, and attracts many people at all times.
12Jama el Fna - henna painter The picture shows a woman making designs on another woman's hands, with henna.
13Jama el Fna - Overview Tourists on the jama el Fna square
14A tourist enjoying the overview of Jama el Fna
15Snakes on Jama el Fna .
16Jama el Fna - Overview The place is huge, and attracts many people at all times.
17Snakes on Jama el Fna
18Cobra snake on Jama el Fna
19Cobra snake on Jama el Fna
20Snakes on Jama el Fna This fellow tried to get close to me, while I was occupied taking pictures of the cobra. Creeepy.
21Animals on Jama el Fna
22Turtles on Jama el Fna
23Turtles and spices at Jama el Fna
24Turtles and spices at Jama el Fna
25Jema el Fna - market
26Fruit and date wagons at Jama el Fna Date and fruit wagons and shops are everywhere in these places. Very important espcially during the ramadan, but quite popular at other times as well.
27Bottle game at Jama el Fna You get the bottle if you can get the ring around the neck of the bottle. Easier said than done.
28Models at Jama el Fna This guy works as a model. He dresses up like this, and charges money when photographed with or without tourists.
29Models at Jama el Fna This guy works as a model. He dresses up like this, and charges money when photographed with or without tourists. Woops, I didn't pay....
30Ramadan at Jama el Fna These people are waiting for sun set, which is pretty soon. It's very common to brake the fast with dates, because the Prophet (pbuh) used to break the fast with dates.
31Ramadan at Jama el Fna
32Ramadan at Jama el Fna Soon time to eat, after a day of fasting. There is a very hard competitions between the "restaurants" on wheel. It is not possible to move around here, without almost beeing dragged to these shops.
33Ramadan at Jama el Fna Soon time to eat, after a day of fasting. There is a very hard competitions between the "restaurants" on wheel. It is not possible to move around here, without almost beeing dragged to these shops.
