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National Holidays and Feasts in Malta
Most religious holidays are celebrated as traditional feasts.
The following you will find a list of all holidays/feasts in Malta & Gozo.
| Date | Name of the feast/holiday |
| 1. January | New Year’s Day (L-Ewwel tas-Sena) |
| 10. February | St Paul’s Shipwreck (San Pawl Nawfragu) |
| 19. March | Feast of St Joseph (San Ġużepp) |
| March/April (Friday before Easter) | Good Friday (Il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira) |
| 31. March | Freedom Day (Jum il-Ħelsien) |
| 1. May | Woker’s Day (Jum il-Ħaddiem) |
| 7. June | Sette Giugno |
| 29. June | Feast of St Peter & St Paul (L-Imnarja) |
| 15. August | Feast of the the Assumption Of Our Lady (Santa Marija) |
| 8. September | Victory day (Jum il-Vitorja) |
| 21. September | Independence Day (Jum l-Indipendenza) |
| 8. December | Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Il-Kunċizzjoni) |
| 13. December | Republic Day (Jum ir-Repubblika) |
| 25. December | Christmas Day (Il-Milied) |
Other Holidays in Malta
All Saints’ Day (November 1 - Jum il-Qaddisin Kollha) and All Souls Day (November 2 - Jum l-Erwieh) are not officially recognized, but kindergartens, primary and secondary schools assign them as holidays.
The last two days of Carnival (Monday and Tuesday) are also school holidays.
Santa Marija is especially popular with residents of the main island for family trips to Gozo, where the feast is celebrated in the capital, Rabat. The Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady is celebrated in seven parishes. Good Friday is characterized by processions across the country, starting at around 3 p.m. and lasting for about four hours, where believers (sometimes wearing a hood) offer tribute to the Passion of Christ by carrying statue representations (vari) of the Stations of the Cross (which are much heavier than the statues used in festas), and by carrying themselves the cross (with or without wheels) through part or all of the procession.
Remembrance Day is observed by the wail of sirens during the traditional two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month observed by all Commonwealth countries.
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Valletta Harbor Cruise
With a harbor cruise you get a beautiful insight into the capital of Malta, Valletta, with its enormous fortifications as well as the hidden angles and heavenly shores of the harbor. During the harbor cruise a guide explains the history and different parts of the harbor and the buildings around.
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