Carnival of Awussu in Sousse, Tunisia
Carnival of Awussu in Sousse, Tunisia is held on July 24. This event in the third decade of the month July is annual. Help us
It's a parade of symbolic chariots, fanfares and folk groups from Tunisia and elsewhere which takes place near the beach of Boujaafar, at the eve of the beginning of 'Awussu.
"Awussu" - the word designating the heat wave of the month of August according to the Berber calendar.
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Mother's Day in France on May 25 (also Algeria, Dominican Republic. First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May);
Women's Day in Tunisia on August 13 (commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956);