Wedding traditions of Tunis
A medina and a coastal city of jasmine, henna and a modern law that banned polygamy in 1956.
Tunis weddings are known for the henna night, called the hna, and jasmine garlands. The bride wears a traditional embroidered robe in the medina families. Tunisia has had a Personal Status Code since 1956 that banned polygamy and set rules for equal divorce.
A wedding here
Weddings stretch across several days with a pre-wedding hammam, a henna night, and a party. Musicians play the mezoued, a bagpipe, and the darbouka drum. Families offer makroud, a semolina sweet with dates, and a spiced couscous.
Law and change
The minimum legal age is 18. Polygamy is illegal and punished. Since 2017 Muslim women can marry non-Muslim men. Same-sex relations remain criminalised.
Wedding customs of Tunis
Also part of it, and being written: Mezoued (The bagpipe.), Makroud (The semolina sweet.), Code of Personal Status (The 1956 law.).
A wedding trail idea for Tunis
- Medina of Tunis The old city.
- Souk El Berka The jewellery and gold souk.
- Zitouna Mosque The central mosque.
- Sidi Bou Said A blue-and-white village near Tunis, used for photographs.
Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tunisian jebba: Touzrimounir, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Henna night: Izzah Zainab, CC BY 2.0, source