The Secrets Of The Tunisian Doors 2

This is a continuation of the series dedicated to the traditional Tunisian doors, second episode reserved for the symbolic signs and the height of the doors.
In natural wood, red, green, yellow but above all blue, the magnificent doors of the Tunisian houses are present throughout Tunisia with their two leaves under a rounded vault which is sometimes supported by carved columns. They can’t leave indifferent with their decoration made of signs and symbols. The nails are assembled to form geometric patterns or "happiness", such as the fish or the hand of Fatma very often present and remain the prettiest decors of the Tunisian streets. Today, the motifs are more numerous, ranging from harmonious geometric shapes to floral and fanciful motifs.
It’s no coincidence that the front door is traditionally low; it forces the guest to bow and thus mark his respect for the places and the occupants.
They reveal their mystery as a boundary between the inside and the outside, as an opening towards another, a better world, which could well be the one promised to us "The Gate of Paradise", bears hope in one eternal life.

The photo of this Blue Door is taken in the Medina of Tunis, between the Mosque Hammouda Pacha and the Great Mosque Zitouna, street of the Kasbah.

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