Wedding scenes
Life-size tableaux.
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A large ethnographic museum opened in 2001 on Tassita hill, the highest point of Djerba, near the village of Guellala, famous for its pottery. It spreads over more than four thousand square metres in separate pavilions, each with its own theme. Life-size tableaux show scenes of traditional life in Djerba and Tunisia: the stages of a traditional wedding, circumcision, zawiya rituals, feasts and customs, crafts, traditional music, mosaics and Arabic calligraphy, along with a pavilion on the life of Djerba's Jewish community. In the courtyards the island's old trades come to life, such as olive pressing with a camel turning the millstone, weaving and pottery. The museum's terraces and gardens give a wide view over the island and the sea, especially at sunset. The museum is private and sells tickets at the door, about 10 TND per visitor guides. Guellala itself has potters' workshops that are worth visiting before or after.
Life-size tableaux.
Olive press and weaving.
Over the island and sea.
Tassita hill, Guellala, southern Djerba
Traditional life in Djerba and Tunisia in life-size tableaux: weddings, feasts, crafts and music, with a pavilion on Djerba's Jews.