Is there an overt contradiction between 'In the market proper, spices and grain are piled up in multi-colored mountains; merchants chant as they measure out separate lots of five kilos three, three, three, four, four, four, and five, five, five. ' and 'Tourists can buy saffron at this market more inexpensively than they can in the west.'
In the market proper, spices and grain are piled up in multi-colored mountains; merchants chant as they measure out separate lots of five kilos three, three, three, four, four, four, and five, five, five. ###Tourists can buy saffron at this market more inexpensively than they can in the west.