Interesting Facts about Tunisia

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2 curious facts about Tunisia.

• There is a first celebration when the baby starts having teeth. The family meets and covers the baby with sweets and gifts are offered to the parents. When a child loses a tooth, it is kept in a little bottle to compare it with friends and classmates but no specific feast or gifts.
• Dido, a princess of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre, is said to have been the first queen of Carthage. At the end of the Third Punic War, Carthage was destroyed and its inhabitants sold into slavery.