 Festival of Ksour
Date- March
Venue- Ksar Ouled Soltane, Tunisia
At the festival of Ksour, you can enjoy some fine local music and dance performances. On visiting the place, you might some similarity between the galaxy scenes from the George Lucas famous film Star Wars and the lunar-like landscape of Tunisian desert. The ghortas or the grain stores in Ksour resemble huge mushrooms and the inhabitants live in cave-houses carved out of sandy rocks.
Lag B’Omer Pilgrimage to La Griba
Date- May
Venue- La Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia
During the Jewish Festival of Lag B’Omer, La Ghriba synagogue in Djerba becomes an annual pilgrimage for the Jews. Every spring the 7th century BC Synagogue is visited by thousands of Jeweish pilgrims. While the Jewish community in other places celebrates with bonfire and prayer, the Jews in Djerba prepares for a procession. The synagogue is said to have stone from the First Temple and has a place filled with eggs. Outside the shrine, a wooden monument is moved on wheels through the streets. It is covered in fabric offerings and the pilgrims keep on moving along with it.
La Ghriba Synagogue is located 9 km away from Houmt Souk, Djerba.
Siren Festival
Date- July
Venue- Kerkennah, Tunisia
At the Siren Festival in Kerkennah, you get to see the re-enactment of the traditional wedding ceremony. You will be fantasized by the Siren festival as it makes it references to the lost Ulysses by Homer. The festivals in Tunisia are completely based on harvesting season and other natural indicators and thus the correct calendar time for these festivals is difficult to predict.
You can take a ferry from Sfax to Kerkennah and it takes about 90 min.
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