Thailand -- Street Musician in a Traditional Market

A blind street musician performs in a traditional market in Muaklek, Saraburi Province, Thailand, August 2010. His performance echoes solemnly, yet eerily cheerful, through the crowded market place, mixing with the local sounds of people walking, talking and bargaining in the late afternoon. Between the smells of raw meat, tropical fruits, fried foods, new clothes, leather and plastic produce, and elephant faeces, wafts this buskers surreal mix of electronic-traditional music. This is the sound of a rural Thailand; a Thailand far removed from the tourist's hotspots.

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