We were told that the snake charmers were like a mafia family running the square, stopping outsiders from coming in.
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Tourists, plus goading merchants, snake wearers, monkey trainers, henna ninjas (they tattoo you before you can react, and then demand money) and wizened beggars using every trick in the book to gain your attention. There are fruit and quality food stalls (olives, figs, nuts, etc), and a complex of tents that serve grilled meat late into the night. There’s an unmarked throughway on one side, complete with a stream of donkey pulled carts, bikes, taxis and mopeds. A large square surrounded by markets and small roads. Djemaa el Fna, MarrakechĪbbess Elisaoui, “charmeur de serpents" (Snake Charmers) from The Busking Project on Vimeo. All of these pitches are famous, popular, and more vibrant thanks to the street performers in that location – and they don’t cost the government a cent to be there. I can think of no better advert to start using buskers as creative Placemakers. It shouldn’t surprise you that in (almost all of) the locations mentioned, street performance is considered by local authorities to be a cultural endeavour rather than as a criminal act. However, while on this epic journey we interviewed over three hundred street performers around the world, asking them why they busk and what issues they face. The buskers in each pitch have obviously affected my choices, so this is far from an academic list. What follows is a top ten list of the best busker cities pitches in the world, based on nothing more than my own experiences. Buskers are a real mirror of their surroundings, projected in a way designed to move you. Comparing how the buskers connect to their audiences in each location gives you more information about current local culture there than, say, the museums, restaurants, shops or bars, as a busker’s audience is much more diverse. The result is that their music, dance, theatre and comedy has a different flavour in each city. As such, they create art that reflects the cultural, social and economic state of their audience in order to engage them in a short period of time. Diego Spanò) on the Royal Mile | Photo by The Busking Projectīuskers are street performers that entertain a transient audience.
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