Connect4/Tunisia/2010 08 07 010

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2010 08 07 010.jpg - Tunisia is famous for its distinctive keyhole shaped, studded, wooden doors. Most often (like this one) they will actually have a smaller door cut into them for access! The heavy cast door knockers are a traditional feature. Apparently they were designed to have different sounds, so that the "wives" could distinguish between their husband returning, and a visiting stranger. (If another man came into the house, the wives had to retire to their private quarters and not be seen).

Tunisia is famous for its distinctive keyhole shaped, studded, wooden doors. Most often (like this one) they will actually have a smaller door cut into them for access! The heavy cast door knockers are a traditional feature. Apparently they were designed to have different sounds, so that the "wives" could distinguish between their husband returning, and a visiting stranger. (If another man came into the house, the wives had to retire to their private quarters and not be seen).

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