Manouba hosts the 44th edition of the Sidi Ali el Hattab Festival

Manouba city, north-eastern Tunisia, hosts the 44th edition of the Sidi Ali el Hattab Festival which includes competitions, equestrian games, and some Sufi shows, in addition to some religious lectures and competitions in memorizing and reciting Qur’an.

Followers of the Sufi orders are keen to hold this festival to revive the traditions and customs inherited from ancestors to preserve the Sufi orders in the country, as it represents Tunisian identity.

The followers of Sufi orders are active throughout the year in several areas in the capital, Tunis, and they hold annual events, with an average of 14 weeks in the winter, in the mausoleum of Sidi Ali el-Hattab, followed by 14 weeks in the summer in the mausoleum of Sidi Belhassan chedly.