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If you’ve ever wondered what makes the cobra dance, this is the place to find out. For Marrakech’s street performers, an ordinary afternoon means out of the ordinary entertainment. Enchanted1 serpents are just a small part of the action on Djema’a al Fna Square, just inside Marrakech’s ancient ramparts.
This is a cultural crossroad of a very theatrical2 kind. It’s Marrakech’s answer to the three-ring circus, and it’s been show time here every day since the 11th century. Every afternoon, Djema’a al Fna transforms itself into a festival of sights and sounds.
It used to be that every city in Morocco had a place like this, a sort of entertainment free for all in the center of town. But the country has moved into the TV age, and people are leaving the old ways behind. Now Djema’a al Fna is the only one left.
Weedah Taba works to protect this unique part of Marrakech’s culture as part of a grass-roots organization dedicated3 to the square.
“It’s essential because it’s the memory of the city. If you want to learn the history of this city, if you want to get to know its sensibilities, if you want to learn about its habits, its tastes, its desires, come to the square.”
There’s something for everyone. Street preachers give sermons on the Koran while fortunetellers read the stars. Public scribes write letters for the illiterate4 and herbal pharmacies5 dispense6 medicines and advice. But when Marrakeshes want to just sit back, relax and listen, they turn to the storytellers.
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1 enchanted | |
adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词 | |
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2 theatrical | |
adj.剧场的,演戏的;做戏似的,做作的 | |
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3 dedicated | |
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的 | |
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4 illiterate | |
adj.文盲的;无知的;n.文盲 | |
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5 pharmacies | |
药店 | |
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6 dispense | |
vt.分配,分发;配(药),发(药);实施 | |
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7 bin | |
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件 | |
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8 virtuous | |
adj.有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的 | |
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