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Area : 63  sq.mi - Population 1021600 hab.
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Culture and traditions Tunisia

 Traditions and customs

Bargaining is definitely part and parcel of the people's culture. Although you may not be a bargaining expert, you are left with few options when dealing with the Tunisians: prices are never labelled and are usually agreed depending on the client.
Men often wear a jasmin flower bahind their ear, on the right for maried men and on the left for bachelors. This tradition replicated by tourists appears strange in the eyes of the locals.
When invited into the house of a Tunisian family, think of taking off your shoes before sitting on the carpeted floor. Do not turn down the series of mint tea offered to you, as this could be considered offensive.

 To read, see, listen

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books
movies The last segment of 'Star Wars' by Georges Lucas was shot in the country, as were most of the scenes of Spielberg's 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark'.
music Lotfi Bouchnak, Tunisian traditional singer.
Latifa Arfavi, artist of Quasids (sung poems).
Anouar Braham, renowned lute player.