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Tradition of Malta
Holidays •
- At the middle-fast, it is naturally the carnival. Modeste, it will amuse especially the children.
•
- During the Holy Week (before Easter): It is of custom, in numerous oratories and even at the private individuals, to reconstitute the Last Supper, with a table put by plates and by flats(dishes) decorated with multicolored dried vegetables drawing Christian symbols or Maltese crosses.
•
- From June till September: parish fairs (festi) celebrated in all the country.
•
- June 29th: Mnarja, the holiday (feast) of the solar solstice, the inheritance of Roman Luminaria. High in color, it is the popular holiday (feast) par excellence. At the foot of the city of Rabat, in the afternoon, takes place a horse-race, donkeys and mules, chaired formerly by the Grand Master of the Order. The evening and the previous evening, in the gardens of Buskett, near Dingli, the Maltese go to family under the big trees, to listen to the jousts of the traditional singers and sample of the rabbit. There is not even so for a long time, the young bride made promise to her husband, in the prenuptial agreement, that it would take it every year to Mnarja. It is to say the importance of this holiday (feast) on the island.
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- September 8th: birthday (anniversary) of the end of the Big Seat (Siege) of 1565. Do not miss regatta in the Big Port (Bearing), where every team of the harbour cities (estates) is anxious to carry (wear) height its colors.
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- On the same September 8th, as well as on June 24th, in quite a different register, do not hesitate to go to the co-cathedral Saint Jean to Vatletta to attend the service (office) where are present the knights of Malta.
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- In January 1st: New Year's Day.
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- In February 10th: birthday(anniversary) of the wreck of holy Paul on the island.
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- In March 19th: holiday(feast) of Saint Joseph in Rabat.
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- In March 31st: holiday(feast) of the Freedom, which celebrates the departure of the English people in 1979.
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- At the end of March - beginning April: Holy Week.
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- In May 1st: Labor Day.
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- In June 7th: national holiday.
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- In June 29th: Mnarja.
•
- In August 15th: feast of the Assumption.
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- In September 8th: holiday (feast) of the levying of the big seat(siege).
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- In September 21st: Independance Day.
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- In December 13th: holiday(feast) of the Republic, proclaimed in 1974.
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- In December 25th: Christmas.
Festi •
The festa (festi in the plural) is the annual event which gets ready during a whole year. In the center of the holiday (feast), the statue of the saint, colossal, often sculptured by an artist of the XVIIth or the XVIIIth, is regularly painted and gilded. It is it which, sparkling, is walked during 3 days on a stage. It receives the cheers and the applauses of the inhabitants which throw (cast) him (her) confettis and paper.
•
Two big moments of these festi are the exit (release) and the comeback of the statue in the church. It is the opportunity (occasion) to dance, to implore the statue. The last day, it returns to its glass niche under thunders of cheers. The holiday (feast) ends by a firework which must be even more beautiful than that of the neighbours.
•
There is always a political foundation in all these festi. In the same village, the associations of festi are jealous of each other and it is not rare that each is of an opposite political sensibility.
•
This mixture between layman and monk explains that the religion, or at least the religiosity, has an extreme importance for Malta. But the faith has nothing to interiorize. On the contrary, the practice shows itself the most important. Many Maltese attend the mass daily, before leaving to the work. It is not by ostentation. It needs the monk, but an expansive need there, as if in the life of these people, dominated for centuries, only the Church had known how to give him(her) and admit its identity.
Savoir-vivre •
In the good Maltese company(society), the manners are essentially British. In the way of putting the table to those to be held or to dress, everything wants the copy of certain English lifestyle.
•
- in hotels frequented by the British, a correct holding(dress) is rigorous for the meals. And, everywhere, we can refuse you the entrance(entry) of a restaurant if you are not correctly dressed: we do not pass of the beach at the table.
•
- it is also valid in town. Policemen can ask to tourists to rhabiller, many not hesitating to show in streets a reddening overweight which scandalizes less the ethics than the aesthetics. The same reserve, naturally, to visit sites, museums and churches. We do not enter it with his(her,its) ice(mirror,ice cream) and, the holy places, the women have to have the covered shoulders and the men(people) of the long pants.
•
- On beaches, a decent holding(dress) is imperative(leads) at the risk of making you quickly call back the order by the Maltese. Monokini and naturism are extremely rare and reserved for certain creeks, difficult of access and not frequent by families.
Holidays •
- At the middle-fast, it is naturally the carnival. Modeste, it will amuse especially the children.
•
- During the Holy Week (before Easter): It is of custom, in numerous oratories and even at the private individuals, to reconstitute the Last Supper, with a table put by plates and by flats(dishes) decorated with multicolored dried vegetables drawing Christian symbols or Maltese crosses.
•
- From June till September: parish fairs (festi) celebrated in all the country.
•
- June 29th: Mnarja, the holiday (feast) of the solar solstice, the inheritance of Roman Luminaria. High in color, it is the popular holiday (feast) par excellence. At the foot of the city of Rabat, in the afternoon, takes place a horse-race, donkeys and mules, chaired formerly by the Grand Master of the Order. The evening and the previous evening, in the gardens of Buskett, near Dingli, the Maltese go to family under the big trees, to listen to the jousts of the traditional singers and sample of the rabbit. There is not even so for a long time, the young bride made promise to her husband, in the prenuptial agreement, that it would take it every year to Mnarja. It is to say the importance of this holiday (feast) on the island.
•
- September 8th: birthday (anniversary) of the end of the Big Seat (Siege) of 1565. Do not miss regatta in the Big Port (Bearing), where every team of the harbour cities (estates) is anxious to carry (wear) height its colors.
•
- On the same September 8th, as well as on June 24th, in quite a different register, do not hesitate to go to the co-cathedral Saint Jean to Vatletta to attend the service (office) where are present the knights of Malta.
•
- In January 1st: New Year's Day.
•
- In February 10th: birthday(anniversary) of the wreck of holy Paul on the island.
•
- In March 19th: holiday(feast) of Saint Joseph in Rabat.
•
- In March 31st: holiday(feast) of the Freedom, which celebrates the departure of the English people in 1979.
•
- At the end of March - beginning April: Holy Week.
•
- In May 1st: Labor Day.
•
- In June 7th: national holiday.
•
- In June 29th: Mnarja.
•
- In August 15th: feast of the Assumption.
•
- In September 8th: holiday (feast) of the levying of the big seat(siege).
•
- In September 21st: Independance Day.
•
- In December 13th: holiday(feast) of the Republic, proclaimed in 1974.
•
- In December 25th: Christmas.
Festi •
The festa (festi in the plural) is the annual event which gets ready during a whole year. In the center of the holiday (feast), the statue of the saint, colossal, often sculptured by an artist of the XVIIth or the XVIIIth, is regularly painted and gilded. It is it which, sparkling, is walked during 3 days on a stage. It receives the cheers and the applauses of the inhabitants which throw (cast) him (her) confettis and paper.
•
Two big moments of these festi are the exit (release) and the comeback of the statue in the church. It is the opportunity (occasion) to dance, to implore the statue. The last day, it returns to its glass niche under thunders of cheers. The holiday (feast) ends by a firework which must be even more beautiful than that of the neighbours.
•
There is always a political foundation in all these festi. In the same village, the associations of festi are jealous of each other and it is not rare that each is of an opposite political sensibility.
•
This mixture between layman and monk explains that the religion, or at least the religiosity, has an extreme importance for Malta. But the faith has nothing to interiorize. On the contrary, the practice shows itself the most important. Many Maltese attend the mass daily, before leaving to the work. It is not by ostentation. It needs the monk, but an expansive need there, as if in the life of these people, dominated for centuries, only the Church had known how to give him(her) and admit its identity.
Savoir-vivre •
In the good Maltese company(society), the manners are essentially British. In the way of putting the table to those to be held or to dress, everything wants the copy of certain English lifestyle.
•
- in hotels frequented by the British, a correct holding(dress) is rigorous for the meals. And, everywhere, we can refuse you the entrance(entry) of a restaurant if you are not correctly dressed: we do not pass of the beach at the table.
•
- it is also valid in town. Policemen can ask to tourists to rhabiller, many not hesitating to show in streets a reddening overweight which scandalizes less the ethics than the aesthetics. The same reserve, naturally, to visit sites, museums and churches. We do not enter it with his(her,its) ice(mirror,ice cream) and, the holy places, the women have to have the covered shoulders and the men(people) of the long pants.
•
- On beaches, a decent holding(dress) is imperative(leads) at the risk of making you quickly call back the order by the Maltese. Monokini and naturism are extremely rare and reserved for certain creeks, difficult of access and not frequent by families.
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