Arts
In the marketplace: carts of goods, slaughtered livestock and vegetables such as stored for winter; stalls of freshly baked breads and cakes and other delights; and merry minstrels, mischievous magicians, conniving gamblers and whores—all wandering among the festive crowds of ordinary people and their children, who milling, idling and talking gaily, filled the town square in unexpected happiness.***Music excerpt is Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 - Troikafrom the album Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Love For 3 Oranges, Lieutenant Kijé with conductor Lorin Maazel & Orchestre National De L'ORTF