This takes place every Friday morning – the market starting at 7.00am and finishing a couple of hours later, in time for sala al Jum’ah, the congregational Friday prayers.

The animals are walked around the circular stand at the centre of the market and auctioned off to the highest bidder, a lively scene featuring hundreds of locals, a scattering of tourists and, to quote the Rough Guide, “an overwhelming smell of animal poo”.