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Maltese folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Malta over the centuries, and expresses the cultural identity of the Maltese people. Maltese folklore, traditions and legends still live in the minds of the older-generations, and these are slowly being studied and categorized, like any other European tradition.
The Mizo people identified the 21st day of the Nikir month as the longest day of the year, known in modern terms as the summer solstice. They referred to this day as Lalmanga Nu Lawmrawih Ni—a name rooted in an enduring local folktale. The term Nikir translates to "returning of the sun."
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In Maltese folktales the ... is one of the most important dates on the Maltese cultural calendar. ... this was the one day in the year when the Maltese were ...
Exposure to Semitic influences continued to a limited extent during the 268-year rule of the Knights of St. John over Malta, due in part to trade between the Knights and North Africa, but primarily due to the large numbers of slaves present in Malta during the 17th and 18th centuries: upwards of 2,000 at any given time (or about 5 per cent of ...
The grant was made at Castelfranco Emilia and is dated "the 23rd day of the month of March, Third Indiction, in the Year of Our Lord 1530; in the 10th year of our reign as Emperor, the 27th as King of Castile, Granada etc., the 16th of Navarre, the 15th of Aragon, the Two Sicilies, Jerusalem and all our other realms".
January is known by the Maltese as ix-xahar tal-bard ('the month of the cold') 1 January: New Year's Day (L-Ewwel tas-Sena or L-Istrina) First Sunday after 1 January: Epiphany (Epifanija or It-Tre Re) 13 January: Saint Anthony the Abbot (San Anton Abbati) in Rabat; 25 January: Conversion of Saint Paul (Konverżjoni ta' San Pawl) in Mdina
The figolla is the most sought after Easter food. They are baked in Easter and given to friends and family, especially children, on Easter Sunday. The figolla is a sweet almond Easter cake covered in icing or chocolate and formed in a festive shape, such as a rabbit, fish, chick, duck or the dgħajsa (traditional Maltese boat).