“Farmers, shepherds, soldiers, traders, drivers from the motor-coach centrals, cab spots, stations for sleep-deprived cars: compacted to an idle mass, sunken in the observation of the daily mêlée, gathered in the excesses and amusement of the ambit, in relentless random movements: Immediate contact between strangers, oblivion of social restraints, finding back to yourself in prayer and laughter, temporary abolishment of hierarchies, cheerful equality of bodies.”

Every day, locals and traveler’s, the curious and the idle gather on a thousand year old square, the Djemaa El Fna in Marrakech. Whom are delighted by the performative Arts of „Halaiqi“ – dancers, singers, acrobats and storytellers.

The Djemaa El Fna, „Hangman’s Square“ in Marrakech, is a magnificent site of a dreams from original artistic performances. It is a patchwork of ever-renewing traditions, which today are rightly counted as „Intangible World Heritage“ (UNESCO). And it happens everyday.