28 July, 2010

A Parallel World

The nearby turkish barbershop is closed this week because of rennovations. The place has a large front window that frames the flow and buzz of activity within. Turkish barbershops are a fascinating sub-culture in the neighbourhood we live in. Hair is cut, beards are shaven, and excess facial hair is plucked with much finesse.

It is not an exageration to say the effect is more sculpturing than hairdressing. In contrast to other barbershops, the shop across the street allows older sisters, mothers, grandmothers to sit on the bench across from the row of barberchairs and watch the master barbers at work on their loved ones. Sometime it seems as if there might be more observers than there are customers, but that might be my subjective opinion.

3 comments:

  1. What a delightful glimpse into another world. :)

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  2. Nothing like that in my small town. Like Maggie says - it would be a delight for me to glimpse into another world.

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  3. Sounds fascinating. I'd love to live in a neighbourhood like that.

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