Douz - Tunisia

Douz is a village in southern Tunisia. Its site at the foot of the great dunes of the desert earned him the title of "Gate of Sahara." Douz immersed in extensive desert between the sand dunes, like a green island in a sea of golden sand unleashed. The spectacle of the natural landscape is fascinating. Douz people continue to bear the coats of semi-nomadic peoples of the Sahara. They are friendly and peaceful. Contact, a strong attachment to traditions and customs of their ancestors is found in them. This image, oh preserved, is striking on Thursday of each week, the weekly market day. We discover in displays of artistic masterpieces of handicrafts: camel skins, Berber jewelry, clothing Saharan sandals and slippers goatskin ... In December, with its Festival of the Sahara Douz organizing for the general public, which flows across a tourist pilgrimage, its open days. The festivities are held in public. Everyone has direct access to the sides of the Saharan typical traditional life parades Bedouin clothes and tunics Saharan reproductions of traditional wedding processions accompanied by musical bands and Bedouin songs. Shows horse racing, camel fighting, hunting lever and Fantasia are organized for the occasion. Douz is also the crossroads between oasis, dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental and the Chott El-Jerid. It is the ideal starting point for safaris and camel rides.