Folklor Malti… ARKITETTURA EKKLEŻJASTIKA 15 Jul 202122 Jul 2021 TERMINI TAL- ARKITETTURA EKKLEŻJASTIKA ARKITRAV Il-blata, jew il-filata wiesgħa u mimduda fit-tul tagħha li tistrieħ fuq il-kapitelli u l-frontispizju, u li taqsam min-naħa għall-oħra tal-faċċata tal-knisja. ARZELLA Arkata…
Feasts… BNADAR TAL-FESTI 1 Jul 20215 Jul 2021 L-istorja tal- BNADAR TAL-FESTI bandalori u pavaljuni F’Malta teżisti namra qawwija tal-bnadar li ilha ġejja minn żmien l-antik. F’dan l-artiklu ser nagħti xi ħjiel dwar l-istorja ta’ kif…
Folklor Malti… GĦODDA tal-IDEJN 25 Jun 202121 Jul 2021 GĦODDA TAL-MASTRUDAXXA, BENNEJJA u NIES TAS-SNAJJA’ OĦRA Fl-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…
English read ...… NEO-CLASSICAL architecture in 19th century MALTA 18 Jun 202129 Jun 2021 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…
historic origin of words… KORDIN – aktar minn 5000 sena ta’ storja 10 Jun 202110 Jun 2021 L-INĦAWI ta’ KORDIN b’aktar minn 5000 sena ta' storja L-isem ta’ Kordin illum huwa assoċjat l-aktar mal-ħabs ċivili li nbena fl-1850. Dan jindika li l-art magħrufa bħala 'Kordin' kienet…
Folklor Malti… KLIEM DOPPJU SENS – it-tieni parti 2 Jun 20216 Jun 2021 DIN hi t-tieni parti tal-artiklu li kont ippupplikajt fuq l-istess website fit-8 ta’ Mejju dwar kliem li għandu aktar minn tifsira waħda. It-tifsiriet li qed jidhru hawn huma…
English read ...… SEA TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE HARBOUR TOWNS (1830’s) 27 May 202130 May 2021 In his Histoire de Malte, (published in 1841), Dominique Miège, the French Consul for Malta, gives a detailed description of the sea borne communication system that existed in the Grand…
English read ...… Transport in early British Malta (c. 1830 – 1840) 20 May 202121 May 2021 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…
kultura… Is-SWAR tal-KOTTONERA 14 May 202125 May 2021 Żmien l-Ordni Matul is-snin kollha li l-Ordni ta’ San Ġwann dam f’Malta, waħda mill-akbar preokupazzjonijiet tal-Gran Mastri kienet id-difiża tal-gżejjer. Wara l-Assedju l-Kbir, mhux biss inbniet il-Belt Valletta bħala belt-fortizza,…
Folklor Malti… KLIEM DOPPJU SENS 6 May 202125 May 2021 KLIEM DOPPJU SENS (L-ewwel parti) F’dan l-artiklu qiegħed nelenka għażla ta’ kliem u t-tifsira tagħhom, meħuda l-aktar mit-tliet kotba tiegħi, Kliem u Storja, Ara X’Int tgħid, u Biex il-Kliem ikun Sew, kif…
English read ...… How the Maltese made merry in the 19th century 29 Apr 20216 May 2021 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…
Folklor Malti… L-Akwadott ta’ Wignacourt 21 Apr 202123 Apr 2021 A * B * Ċ * C * D * E * F * Ġ * G * GĦ * H * Ħ * …
Folklor Malti… Xi IDJOMI bi STORJA 16 Apr 202123 Apr 2021 Fil-Malti bħal, f’kull lingwa oħra, insibu ħafna espressjonijiet li jingħadu b’mod figurattiv biex jenfasizzaw xi sitwazzjoni partikulari. Meta dawn l-espressjonijiet jirriferu għal xi ħaġa li tippargunaha ma’ oġġett, essri, jew avveniment fl-istorja,…
English read ...… MALTA’s BLITZ – APRIL 1942 9 Apr 202129 Apr 2021 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…
Folklor Malti… MEDIĊINA u KURA TRADIZZJONALI 2 Apr 20213 Apr 2021 Wara li l-ġimgħa l-oħra qbadt mal-mard u termini relatati, ta’ min din id-darba nkompli fuq l-istess suġġett, biss b’angolu ieħor: dwar il-kura tradizzjonali ta’ ċertu l-mard. Kif diġà kont ktibt…
English read ...… Women in Maltese Folklore 31 Mar 202127 Apr 2021 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 20213 Apr 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 20213 Apr 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…
English read ...… CHURCHILL and MALTA 12 Mar 202127 Apr 2021 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…
Folklor Malti… KLIEM BARRANI MAGĦĠUN FIL-MALTI 5 Mar 20213 Apr 2021 A * B * Ċ * C * D * E * F * Ġ * G * GĦ * H * Ħ * …
