The National Office of Handicraft has just published a guide presenting the models of the Tunisian traditional female jebba, on the occasion of the organization, in March 2015, of the "Komsa d'Or contest for the dress of the daily".
These models reflect the wealth of the national heritage in the field of clothing, with its embroidery and accessories (jewelry and others).
The guide unveils a thriving time for making jewelry, fabrics and embroidery, as well as a high artistic taste that is reflected in the harmony of colors, fabrics and accessories.
The guide presents the jebba as a loose garment that falls straight down, below which the woman wears a "seroual" or fouta, with a flared and wide-brimmed shirt.
The jebba "pastri" is a daily silk dress of the city of Sfax, and the wool jebba is a wedding garment, which is also worn during visits, the city of Nabeul.
In Rafraf, at the beginning of the 20th century, the bride wore a Jebba "Chouchana" and was dressed during the 3rd day of the wedding of a white jebba embellished with flowers of bright colors.
In Tunis, at the end of the 19th century, the bride was adorned with an embroidered jebba where the golden color dominates, but there is also the jebba of the old woman. During the first half of the 19th century, the daily dress of the Tunisian was a two-colored green and red jebba, whereas at the beginning of the 20th century, the Tunisian bride wore a short jebba with seroual and a headdress.
Hammamétoises of the 19th century wore an embroidered jebba, a square jebba or a red jebba. In the city of Monastir, the jebba dates back to the 19th century, it is red embroidered with golden glitter and several forms inspired by nature, while the blue silk jebba is the dress of the women's holiday in Soliman.