kitchen utensils including couscous .
Long glazed with a color green pottery Guellala nowadays is sold in its natural state: red when treated to fresh water , white when treated with the sea water . The opening was abandoned by decision of the National Tunisian handicrafts so that different regions producing pottery in Tunisia (Nabeul, Djerba, etc.). adopt a specific genre. In Guellala, it would nevertheless resulted in a loss of expertise, not only in the field of painting. If we had 500 potters in the 1950s , it would remain in more than forty despite the increase in activity caused by the development of tourism .
Georges Duhamel potters Guellala designate as "gods of clay" and says this:
"I looked poets. I found potters. No business does better think about God, God formed man of the dust of the earth [...] On all paths Djerba, between sandy embankments, small crested Agave purple circulate camels, carrying a huge burden and vain: the big bunch of jars sound. Rises the favorable breeze and you will sail to the ports of the continent over twenty swings, loaded up under the wing: the harvest of Guellala traveling at the peril of waters, beautiful fruits of clay pottery unglazed ... �
But the potter is also Guellala fisherman - the mullet in this locality is famous on the island - and farmer. The area is rich in olive Guellala, old abandoned underground oil presses reflect a bygone era agriculture occupied a prominent place. Basketry is also an activity carried on by the inhabitants of Guellala. However, trade remains the main activity, Gualleli emigrating happy to earn a living
