Considered as the most holy month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is derived from an Arabic word for intense heat and scorched ground. Ramadan is also written as Ramzan, Ramadaan Ramadhan, Ramdan, and celebrated as the Islamic month of fasting.

During this holy ninth month of the Islamic calendar, muslims keep fast for the sake of god and offer prayers more than usual prayers. To teach the Muslims patience, humility and spirituality, in this fast Muslims are refrain from eating and drinking from dawn until sunset. Each night at sunset, families and friends gather together to celebrate the breaking of the fast (iftar).This was the month in which the first rhyme of the Qur’an were said to be discovered to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. All through this month Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power) is considered the most holy night. While keeping Ramadan, Muslims pray god and ask for forgiveness for past sins.

Being an important Arabian country, Ramadan is celebrated with great faith and excitement in Tunisia. During this month all Tunisian cafes and restaurants remained closed whole of the day and re-opens in the evenings. The business classes are permitted to work for just six hours in a day. One of the important and different features is that maximum number of shops has different workings hours and the entire schools close very early. Along with all these, the schedule of local buses and trains also get changed throughout this month.

Not just only the working areas, whole town markets and streets also completely dissolved in the celebration of Ramadan. From 1 pm onwards, you can find numerous food-stalls selling different kinds of bread and other delicious food items for the hungry faster. In addition to these, the most famous cakes, biscuits, Turkish delight and traditional Tunisian home-made fresh lemon juice mainly found in the markets. In Tunisia's tradition, throughout this whole month the drummers go around the neibhouring areas reminding the fasters to eat and drink before dawn. Like all others Muslim countries, it is traditional for Tunisians to meet their relatives and friends wearing new clothes on the biggest festival of Eid.