Sea Salt Harvesting
The Maltese Salt Pans are unique and are passed on through family generations. Salt production is seasonal and occurs in Summer. Rock dug...
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Ephemeral Art with Natural Materials
Ephemeral art is often connected to traditional rituals aimed at marking the passage of time, celebrating the succession of seasons and...
Nicknames in Maltese Villages - Żejtun
Nicknames are an oral practice, sometimes are given by friends or relatives, however, some of them are passed on by generations. Families...
The Traditional Maltese Village Feast
The Traditional Maltese Festa in its present form emerged from the 19th century through the fusion of a number of existing traditions...
The practical implementation of Stereotomy
From the earliest times in history, people have always built, sometimes small constructions but sometimes great buildings, using huge ...
The Practice of Falconry
The practice of falconry was already well established in 1239 and this ties in with the issue of bird names and language. Semitic origin...
Għażżiela
The making and faith in the ‘Għażżiela’ (oven baked dough with the initials of the name of Our Lady) is traditionally used as a...
Brilli
Brilli are two traditional games played in Gozo, which continue to draw interest from locals. Research conducted through participant...
Maltese Lace Making - Bizzilla
The art of lace making is popular in both Malta and Gozo, although Gozo. Its rootscan be traced from the cotton trade of the Maltese...
Għana: Malta’s Folksong
Għana is a performative art, transmitted trhough generations in Maltese archipelago, including sung poetry and music. The origin of...
Gold Embroidery
Gold embroidery originated in Asia and has been used for many centuries and it is widespread in many countries. In Malta, there is a...
Il-Ftira, the culinary art and culture of flattened sourdough bread in Malta
Ftira is a small sourdough bread commonly consumed in the Maltese archipelago. Maltese people eat filled ftira regularly as a daily snack...
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