PreTrip - Working hard to earn a dirham (1/10 of a dollar)

These artisans really did some cool stuff.

For example, first the men would make a pattern then cut it out with metal or tin snips...

Then someone would heat the metal into a particular shape. The someone would stamp out the pattern. I think these guys were working on a huge lamp or a medium sized bong for smoking hash. I wasn't sure which.

The women would typically do textiles stuff. Almost everything we saw was made by hand.This lady had a TON of knitted hats. Not sure if she did them all herself but she was set up early and had the best selection.

I purchased one hat before we left on our trip. I liked it so much, I bought the company. Actually I did by two more similar to this style. The first one cost me 20 dirham, about $2.50, the second two I got for 30 or about $ 2 bucks a piece. I think look like P Diddy.

Man or Beast? This guy used his arm to work his lathe, and his hand for the chisel, and then his TOES to guide the blade. More amazing than the handiwork he did, was the fact that he still had all 10 toes!