The annual festival of "Al Hout", under the theme "Combining Culture, Tourism and Interfaith Coexistence", was recently revived in the Tunisian city of Chalk El Tunis. The event witnessed the return of Madonna after a long absence.
The city of Goulette, the northern suburb of Tunis, celebrated the annual festival of the whale (fish) under the slogan "Shave the Valley city of culture, tourism and coexistence between religions."
Tunisian artists, playwrights and foreign tourists from Algeria, Libya, France, Italy and Malta celebrated the return of the Madonna of Madonna from one of the city's churches after an absence of half a century.
"Madonna is a statue of the Virgin Mary brought by Christians to Tunisia in 1853 and placed in a church in the city to emerge in mid-August in a show to the sea as a sign of the end of the summer season, swimming and the blessing of cruises of the European communities of Tunisia," said festival director Moncef Chaouch.
He added that Khadja Madonna attracts foreign tourists from Italy, France, Malta, Belgium and members of diplomatic delegations residing in Tunisia and attracts tourists from Libya and Algeria, which gives the tourist and cultural mobility to the city in an atmosphere of tolerance between religions and peoples. He added that "the logo of the festival highlights the coexistence of different religious components that lived in the valley, and will contribute to the festival in the creation of tourism and cultural movement, will be held over two days and artistic performances and revitalization along the main street of the city.
Musical bands and musical ensembles revived the opening ceremony along the main street of the valley, amid the interaction of foreign tourists and Tunisians.
The activities included a gigantic show of majors and puppets, workshops with visiting fish points and restaurants offering refreshments, and an exhibition of the memory of the Shlouk Al Wadi, which features paintings and oil paintings that tell the history of the festival. And musical.
The "Whale" festival is known as the Valley of the Valley, which some local sources say belongs to the Italians who lived in Tunisia during the colonial period. This annual event is an outlet for local and foreign people to ease the daily routines and taste the different types of fish known Saudi Arabia reduced prices.
"The Hout Festival is an opportunity for Tunisian families to benefit from the reduction in fish prices, as well as Arab, Christian and Jewish foreigners who flock to taste Tunisian fish and to attend Madhouna Kharja, which proves Tunisia's openness and tolerance of religions," said Chazli Ben Ahmed, owner of the restaurant.
The Madonna Madonna has been absent since 1963 to return this year again with the participation of foreign tourists from several European countries.
- February 04, 2019
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