One of the main streets in Barcelona is La Rambla where the flow of tourists never stops and which by its significance looks like our Northern Avenue which turns into a strange faire at nights. Mainly, the African immigrants are selling stolen, counterfeit brand bags, shoes and various accessories placed on the white sheets on the asphalt. And woe to a passerby if he all of a sudden looks at the sold “product” through the corner of the eye, these people involved in the illegal trade are immediately crossing his way persuading him to buy goods at a cheaper price. The street trade, however, may be interrupted at any moment if a policeman appears. But unlike the people engaged in illegal trade in the street in Yerevan, the black youth are more inventive, they immediately pull specially accommodated thread and sheet immediately turns into a sack hiding the goods in it. It is easier to “run away.”
Photo by Gohar HAKOBYAN,
“Aravot”
