French festivals part 2

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French festivals part 1

Hello to our dear friends from Malta !

Here are some oral reports on calendar feasts in France; the students were free to choose the feasts / national holidays they wanted to speak about so as to let you discover some bits and pieces on French traditions , and others !

We all hope you'll enjoy these videos! Sorry, but the pronunciation is not always perfect..... and the sound quality is far from being  perfect!!!

Carnival in Malta

Carnival in Malta has had an important place on the Maltese cultural calendar for almost five centuries. Carnival in Malta includes mask competitions, a colourful parade of different floats, marching bands and more. The largest of the Carnival celebrations mainly take place in and around our capital city Valletta and also in Floriana. Traditional dances include the parata. This is a lighthearted r-enectment of the 1565 victory of the knights over the Turks.

Food eaten at the Carnival includes perlini. Those are multi colored, sugar coated almonds. The “prinjolata” is a towering assembly of sponge cake, biscuits, almonds and citrus fruits, topped with cream and pine nuts.

Carnival in Malta

CARNIVAL IN  NADUR – GOZO.

Malta’s carnivals are loud and colourful with an emphasis on fun.

The official carnival in Valletta is organized for families with small children. There you’ll see small children wearing their favorite characters costumes. Most of the time young girls wear a princess costume and boys wear a superhero costumes such as spider-man and super-man.

But if someone is looking for something a little more adult,then you need to visit the small island of Gozo. It’s here that you’ll find the best of the  carnival. The Nadur carnival allows you to let your hair down and dress as what you want. Everyone is masked, or heavily made up, making it utterly anonymous.

Nadur Carnival takes place every year. It is a five-night event that finishes on Shrove Tuesday – or Mardi Gras as the French like to call it.

Nadur’s carnival remains the most unusual of all the Maltese events. Hundreds of Maltese and Gozitan couples and tourists merge together to roam the streets, dance to band music, make merry, eat and drink.

A wee bit later than I had intended ..... but here are the spooky Halloween stories my French students decided to write and illustrate for their Maltese counterparts.

We all hope you'll enjoy these stories!

The Queen

The queen arrived in Malta on Friday 27^th November, 2015. She stayed in Weston Hotel. The queen has already been to Malta many times before, when she was a princess. She came to Malta because of the CHOGM and she met the prime minister of Malta Joseph Muscat and the president Mary Louise Coleiro Preca. They talked about the climate change during the CHOGM. They also talked about the problem of the immigration. When queen Elizabeth was in Malta she visited some interesting places like for example Heritage Malta. We were honoured by the visit of the queen and we hope she visits us again. 

Suzanne Schembri

Nicole Mizzi

Maltese Traditions

Maltese traditions.

The Maltese Islands have a number of religious festivities and cultural events that take place every year. Feast days are the life of this small Island and some holy days are actually national holidays. Such as the feast of St. Mary which is held in mid- August. Maltese people are also known for fireworks and Catherine wheels. My village feast in Mqabba, is held on the third week of June. The feast of ‘Madonna tal-Gilju’ is popular for the fireworks display that is held on Saturday. In Zejtun there are two feasts the Zejtun Band and the Beland Band. These two feasts are both popular. These feasts are also held on the third week of June. I guess my friends and I live for the feast in our towns : ) !