Food stall
Djemaa el Fna, the main square of Marrakesh literally transforms at sunset. The space, which is relatively empty apart from the freshly squeezed orange juice vendors during the day, really livens up at first signs of sunset. A multitude of food stalls get assembled to cover the bigger part of the square entirely in less than half an hour. As the air cools down visitors arrive and chose a stall to sit down and eat. A variety of dishes is offered on the menu: soups and salads, grilled meat and vegetables as well as local classics such as tajine and couscous. All that is accompanied by drinks from the Coca-Cola company, which seems to be paramount in Morocco, mineral water or tea. Surprisingly enough, with the level of hygiene and the raw mean lying around for hours in the open, I didn’t even get food poisoning after eating there.
Probably the best part of this whole experience was the moment when all the stalls started hooking up their lighting systems – basically wire garlands with evenly spaced white light bulbs on them which plugged into the power outlines provided for that end in the square floor. After that the whole place magically lit up creating a mysterious carnival atmosphere which made my late night dinner all the more enjoyable.
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