kultura… KLIEM bla TLAQLIQ 6 Apr 20226 May 2022 KLIEM BLA TLAQLIQ (Kwotazzjonijiet minn Maltin magħrufa) Alfred Sant - Prim Ministru ta’ Malta (1996 - 1998). ‘Malta Svizzera fil-Mediterran’ - Slogan ta’ A.S. popolari tiegħu fiż-żmien li kien Prim…
Articles in English… Maltese food and the Christian Calendar 31 Mar 20226 May 2022 Maltese Food connected to the Catholic Calendar Introduction It is essential for all humans to nourish themselves daily in order to maintain their healthy state of being. However,…
Folklor Malti… Il-KARNIVAL fis-SEKLU 19 23 Feb 202226 Feb 2022 Il-Karnival f’Malta fis-seklu dsatax Dwar x’kien isir f’Malta fil-jiem tal-Karnival, fi żmien l-Ordni ta’ San Ġwann instabet dokumentazzjoni mhux ħażin. Li dan il-festeġġjament baqa’ jsir fi żmien bikri…
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Folklor Malti… Il-KATAKOMBI 26 Nov 202111 Mar 2022 IL-KATAKOMBI fil-Gżejjer Maltin Introduzzjoni F’Malta u Għawdex insibu kwantità kbira ta’ oqbra miġbura fl-imkien u li jinfdu ma’ xulxin b’passaġġi taħt l-art, li jmorru lura sal-perijodu Tardiv Ruman, jew inkella taż-Żmien Biżantin. B’mod…
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Articles in English… THE GREAT SIEGE – 1565 7 Sep 20212 Feb 2022 How great was the Great Siege of 1565 ? The decision by the Sublime Porte to attack Malta was taken in October, 1564. By the early months of 1565, De…
Folklor Malti… FRENĊ TAL-GĦARB (1892 – 1967) 3 Sep 202121 Nov 2021 FRENĊ TAL-GĦARB (1892 – 1967) Franġisku Saverju Mercieca, jew kif kien u għadu magħruf aħjar, Frenċ tal-Għarb, twieled fl-1892. Minn ċkunitu kien dejjem ħadem ta’ bidwi mal-familja tiegħu u meta…
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Articles in English… NEO-CLASSICAL architecture in 19th century MALTA 18 Jun 20212 Feb 2022 Interest in Neo-classicism started in earnest as from the second half of the 18th century, especially after the discoveries of Pompeii and Herculaneum. All over Europe, but especially in Britain…
Articles in English… Transport in early British Malta (c. 1830 – 1840) 20 May 20212 Feb 2022 TRANSPORT in MALTA in the EARLY BRITISH PERIOD as recounted by Dominique Miège (1841) Dominique Miège was the resident French Consul to Malta in the early 1830's and must have…
Articles in English… How the Maltese made merry in the 19th century 29 Apr 20212 Feb 2022 Throughout the 19th century, the Maltese folk hardly had anything to feel happy about. What with a large percentage of them employed only sporadically, and hundreds others begging in…
Articles in English… MALTA’s BLITZ – APRIL 1942 9 Apr 20212 Feb 2022 MALTA’s WAR THE APRIL BLITZ OF 1942 The ‘Battle for Malta’ in World War II commenced on June 10, 1940, once Mussolini declared war on France and Britain. Malta, then a British…
Articles in English… Women in Maltese Folklore 31 Mar 20212 Feb 2022 WOMEN in MALTESE FOLKLORE Myth or Cultural Legacy by Rita Saliba * If we think of folklore as customs and traditions, it takes us back to distant times when…
Folklor Malti… MARD u KLIEM RELATAT 26 Mar 202121 Nov 2021 Meta wieħed kien ifarraġ lil xi ħadd minħabba xi mard, uġigħ jew dwejjaq, kont tisimgħu jgħid: ‘Heqq, jekk mhux salib, domna!’ Hekk hu - matul il-ħajja kulħadd hu suġġett għal…
kultura… TLIET ISQFIJIET: Labini – Mattei – Caruana 19 Mar 202121 Nov 2021 TLIET ISQIFJIET Labini - Mattei - Caruana Taħt Tliet Ħakmiet L-aħħar żmien tal-Ordni f’Malta u l-ewwel deċennji tal-ħakma Ingliża kienu żminijiet ta’ taqlib kbir għall-Maltin. Biss…
Articles in English… CHURCHILL and MALTA 12 Mar 20212 Feb 2022 In his dispatch of 5 June 1941 to Malta’s Governor, General Dobbie, Churchill stated: ‘You may be sure we regard Malta as one of the master-keys of the British Empire’.…
Folklor Malti… Il-Bandu tal-Karnival (1722 – 1725) 12 Feb 202121 Nov 2021 Waqt li kont qiegħed nattendi l-kors tal-Baċellerat tal-Istorja, fl-Università ta’ Malta, fost ir-riċerka li minn żmien għal-ieħor il-professuri kienu jqabbduna nagħmlu, darba kelli nipprovdi traskrizzjoni tal- bandi, li kienu maħruġa fl-ewwel…
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