6 Lost Maltese Traditions We Desperately Need To Bring Back
Every country has traditions which have sadly been lost in time. Some of them were crazy and others were just cut out as a matter of convenience or lack of making any sense.
In Malta, even though tradition prevails, there are some long-lost customs which we desperately need to bring back in our lives. Here are six traditions we are dying to bring back in our lives.
1. Il-Ħuttaba
Dates were much simpler before.
You did not have to pluck up the courage to talk to anyone and be rejected — the Ħuttaba was there to save you from the major cringe and embarrassment of being rejected in the middle of Paceville.
2. L-Għonnella
Who cannot pull off an għonnella like a queen? Nobody, that’s who.
This stylish head dress is practical AF and can be worn whenever. Maybe we can add some tweaks to it — Why can’t we wear a PVC għonnella when it’s raining? And why the hell do we have to endure the scorching Maltese sun without any sort of coverage? We want our pale lilac PVC għonnella, now.
3. The Victory Kitchen
Maybe we do not want the Victory Kitchen back under the same circumstances as when we had it the first time round, but seriously, what is not to love about the the concept?
You can collect and eat home-cooked meals in exchange for coupons.
Hemm xi naqa għaġin bil-bovril jew?
4. Il-Borża ta’ San Martin
We are not talking about the BS bag of chocolate kids get nowadays. We’re talking about the real borża.
We want our figs, our walnuts, chestnuts, the damned fruits and the delicious ħobża ta’ San Martin. And we want it now.
5. In-Newwieħa
Back in the old days when someone died, a group of women were hired to wail, scream, cry, pull at their own hair and over-dramaticise the whole funeral.
Why would you want people to come to your funeral when you can have the newwieħa?
6. The Weddings
Traditional Maltese weddings were just ethereal. The bride would walk around under a heavily decorated canopy with folk singers serenading her all the way to the church.
We need to get the Maltese weddings back ASAP. And while we’re at it, we should totally bring back the knights to ruin our weddings by murdering the grooms and kidnapping the brides.
