Since then, the charmers challenge has been held annually in the village of Williston.

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Charles Jaros, president of the American Begonia Society, welcomes the rise of these long-marginalized charmers.

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From snake charmers to the labyrinthine old-city center, from merchants hawking colorfully woven carpets to the ornate mosques, Marrakech embodies many aspects of Morocco's fascinating heritage.

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And so are the amusements, from high-tech rollercoasters to nostalgic charmers like Schichtl's famous fake beheadings and the flea circus where trained pests provide the oomph for miniature chariots that outweigh them a thousand-fold.

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