Articles in English… Malta’s Megalithic Temples – part 2 15 Mar 202326 Mar 2023 Symbolism in the Maltese Megalithic Temples Introduction There are on the Maltese islands some 26 megalithic sites, that are recognisable as having been used as places of worship, all dating…
Articles in English… Malta’s Megalithic Temples 18 Jan 202326 Mar 2023 MALTA’s MEGALITHIC TEMPLES - part 1 Why were they built? Introduction There are on the Maltese islands some 26 megalithic sites, that are known as having been used as places…
Folklor Malti… QWIEL ANTIKI 15 Nov 202225 Dec 2022 QWIEL ANTIKI Li għadhom jingħadu llum Dan l-aħħar ġietni l-kurżità nara kemm mill-qwiel li nafu preżentament imorru lura fil-passat. Biex nagħmel dan dort għal żewġ sorsi. Wieħed minn dawn hu, id-Damma…
maltese history… iċ-ĊITTADELLA – l-istorja tagħha 3 Nov 20229 Nov 2022 IĊ-ĊITTADELLA STORJA TA’ BELT-FORTIZZA Dik li llum ngħidulha ċ-Ċittadella fl-antik kienet magħrufa b’diversi ismijiet oħra, fosthom, il-Belt, l-Imdina, jew sempliċiment, is-Sur. Imbagħad m’mod x’aktarx uffiċjali kienet tissejjaħ wkoll, il Gran Castello. Illum…
Articles in English… MALTA in the 19th CENTURY 22 Sep 202226 Mar 2023 BRITISH MALTA During the 19th century The early years The British hoisted the Union Jack for the first time in Malta at Bieb il-Bombi, Floriana, once the French were forced into…
Feasts… Il-Biedja u l-Festi 24 Aug 202230 Aug 2022 Il-Kalendarju tal-biedja marbut mal-festi Il-bniedem josserva n-natura Mill-eqdem żminijiet, in-nies tar-raba’ kienu kapaċi josservaw u jinterpretaw iċ-ċiklu tan-natura, f’dak li hu t-tibdil fit-temp skont l-istaġuni biex b’hekk setgħu jippjanaw u…
Articles in English… How Coffee Gained Popularity in Malta 6 Jul 202226 Mar 2023 The History of Coffee in Malta The coffee plant knows its origins in Ethiopia. During the fifteenth century, the plant began to be cultivated in Yemen and Saudi Arabia where coffee was roasted…
kultura… KLIEM bla TLAQLIQ 6 Apr 202231 Aug 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 202226 Mar 2023 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, some of…
Folklor Malti… Il-KARNIVAL fis-SEKLU 19 23 Feb 202230 Jan 2023 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…
Feasts… Il-Presepju matul iż-żminijiet 16 Dec 202111 Mar 2022 Il-Presepju Malti matul iż-żminijiet L-ewwel immaġini tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù It-twelid ta’ Kristu jissemma’ fil-Vanġelu ta’ San Luqa u f’dak ta’ San Mattew. Skont kif jixhdu d-dokumenti, l-immaġini ta’…
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…
Folklor Malti… TOMBLA, LOTTU u LOTTERIJI 18 Nov 202111 Mar 2022 Logħob bin-numri Tombla - Lottu - Lotteriji It-tombla Skont it-tradizzjoni popolari, il-logħba tat-tombla bdiet fl-1734 f’Napli, wara kwistjoni bejn ir-re Karlu tal-Borboni u patri Dumnikan, Gregorio Maria Rocco, predikatur magħruf.…
Folklor Malti… L-Umoriżmu fil-Qwiel Maltin 30 Sep 202122 Mar 2022 Fil-Malti jeżisti numru kbir ta’ qwiel, kull wieħed minnhom magħmul biex jagħti parir għal xi sitwazzjoni partikolari. Bosta minn dawn il-qwiel huma antiki sew u għaddew il-prova ta’ ġenerazzjonijiet sħaħ.…
Articles in English… THE GREAT SIEGE – 1565 7 Sep 202126 Mar 2023 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 20212 Sep 2022 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 kiber baqa’ jagħmel…
Folklor Malti… IL-PIKE – C. Colombos 20 Aug 202124 Feb 2022 COSTANTINO COLOMBOSIL-PIKEKultant fil-ħajja issib nies b’karattru li jispikka għall-kwalitajiet kariżmatiċi tagħhom, nies li ssir tħobbhom mill-ewwel għax iġibu ruħhom bi ħlewwa ma’ kull minn jagħmluha, nies b’umoriżmu inventiv li joħroġ…
Folklor Malti… GĦODDA tal-IDEJN 25 Jun 202126 Dec 2022 GĦODDA TAL-MASTRUDAXXA, BENNEJJA u NIES TAS-SNAJJA’ OĦRAFl-1956, Captain Paul Bugeja ppublika ktieb jismu, Kif Titkellem bl’Ingliż - Dizzjunarju Malti-Ingliż. Dan il-ktieb kien intenzjonat biex dawk l-eluf ta’ Maltin li dak iż-żmien kienu qed…
Articles in English… NEO-CLASSICAL architecture in 19th century MALTA 18 Jun 202126 Mar 2023 Interest in Neo-classicism started in ernest 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…
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