The Maltese Language

Let's visit Malta!

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Malta behind the scenes

Facts about Malta

Maltese Festas

Maltese Festas are very unique. I have never experienced anything like this before. Each town has their own patron saints. Towns are beautifully decorated and there are hundreds of people in the street having fun.

The festas in Malta and Gozo are religious celebrations organized by the local parish and are an iconic part of summer with beautiful fireworks, bands, processions and happy celebrations. The facade of the main church in the village is covered in hundreds of light bulbs which makes it look breath-taking.

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Maltese Festa

I have never seen such thing before. Maltese festas are very special, people celebrating in the street, bands marching, fireworks expolding, Churches illuminated.

Maltese sport

Maltese sport

Guess what! When I was walking in Birgu I saw some men playing a strange sport in a field. I had to go there to find out what they were doing. It turned out they were playing Bocci, a special Maltese game. They were so involved in the game I just had to watch it. To know what it was like there's a picture for you

and you can check the rules here Bocci game.

Maltese delicacies

When you visit this beautiful island you should definitely try Maltese cuisine. Some of the most often recommended dishes and drinks are pastizzi , the most popular snack, rabbit most popularly fried  or as a stew, kinnie,  bragioli, a popular beef dish  a soft drink produced only in Malta, and cisk, the most popular (locally brewed) beer 

  

Megalithic Temples of Malta

Seven megalithic temples are found on islands of Malta and Gozo. The temples of Malta have been described as a suitable candidate for the ‘ancient wonders of world’ [along with the Pyramids of Egypt, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Mauseoleum at Halicanassus, Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.

Hagar Qim

Hagar Qim

The Mnajdra temple complex is located about 500 meters to the west of Hagar Qim, closer to the edge of the promontory facing the sea. Mnajdra consists of two buildings, a main temple with two ellipsoidal chambers and a smaller temple with one chamber. Among their other possible uses, the temples of Mnajdra fulfilled astronomical observation and calendrical functions. The main entrance faces east, and during the spring and autumn equinoxes the first rays of light fall on a stone slab on the rear wall of the second chamber. During the winter and summer solstices, the first rays of the sun illuminate the corners of two stone pillars in the passageway connecting the main chambers. Writing in his fascinating book,

Mnajdra