Malta Inside Out

Malta’s messy, gaudy carnival cake is a full-on, in-your-face affair – literally, if you try to eat it. But does anyone really eat it or is it just a show-stopper in café windows these days?

4   Arts & Culture, Eat & Drink, Festivals, Folklore, Food

Nothing will prise you out of bed early in winter? Perhaps only a chance to see Winter Solstice at Mnajdra, Malta’s most evocative temple.

4   Events, Explore, Folklore

You’ll need a quick wit and quick tongue to sing Għana, but thankfully it’s easier to listen to! Għanafest, 10, 11 & 12 June, Argotti Gardens, Floriana.

0   Festivals, Folklore, Music

Don’t miss this cameo of rural life from times past at Siggiewi’s annual agricultural fair tonight and tomorrow, 12-13 June. Family fun, food, fun and some truly fascinating rural relics!

0   Countryside, Family, Folklore, Towns & Villages

A statue of the Madonna that rings your doorbell. Another of Malta’s religious traditions that’s probably dying out. Has the Virgin Mary visited you recently?

2   Daily Life, Featured, Folklore, Opinion

Good Friday in Malta is a cocktail of processions, rattles and carcades to seven churches.

7   Churches, Folklore, Siggiewi, Urban myths

The Nadur Carnival has just happened. The run up to this year’s event was fraught with threats of censorship, police action and people marching as Jesus. The outcome was far tamer, sadly for some.

0   Folklore, Nadur, Towns & Villages