{"id":6991,"date":"2024-12-10T18:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"hhttps:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:51:13","slug":"tradizzjonijiet-tal-milied-fmalta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2024\/12\/10\/tradizzjonijiet-tal-milied-fmalta\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradizzjonijiet tal-Milied f\u2019Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Christmas Traditions in Malta” is a new and seasonal contribution\u00a0by Sharon Pisani<\/a>, from the St Andrews University Open Virtual Worlds group, to the Island Voices “Extensions<\/a>” initiative!<\/p>\n

\"Landscape<\/a>Select any video clip in this landscape<\/strong><\/a> format, or use the phone-friendly portrait<\/a><\/strong> layout.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Il-Milied f\u2019Malta huwa \u010belebrazzjoni kbira, b\u2019tradizzjonijiet antiki u o\u0127rajn \u0121odda. Minn drawwiet reli\u0121ju\u017ci sa ikel u xorb, insibu \u0127afna affarijiet li jag\u0127qdu lill-poplu. Ara dan id-dokumentarju qasir biex issir taf iktar fuq il-Milied f\u2019Malta.” (Christmas in Malta is a major celebration, with old and new traditions. From religious customs to food and drink, there are many things that bring people together. Watch this short documentary to learn more.)<\/p>\n

Sharon writes:<\/p>\n

“Christmas is a celebration that holds a special place in my heart. Since moving from Malta to Scotland, I\u2019ve sought to bring the light and joy of Maltese traditions into Scotland\u2019s short, dark December days. When I was back home planning and filming the documentary, I looked into Malta\u2019s unique customs and discovered others that have faded over time, such as the use of capon as the traditional Christmas lunch meat. My goal was to capture the essence of the Christmasses I cherish \u2014through food, decorations, and the sense of community.<\/em><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s era of content creation, documenting this felt natural, but it was also deeply meaningful to explore Malta\u2019s festive roots and to interview Carmel Cauchi, an author whose books shaped my childhood. The poetry readings selected by Cauchi reflect a contemporary world, where harsh realities co-exist with the jovial celebrations of Christmas. Just as Christmas traditions and lifestyles evolve, so too does language and the way we produce and consume content in that language. This is especially true for Maltese \u2013 and other island languages \u2013 in this digital age.<\/em><\/p>\n

I hope this collection of videos, which can be explored in Maltese, English, and Gaelic, alongside other languages through YouTube\u2019s translation tools, resonates with you.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Sharon had already given us a Maltese version of our St Kilda<\/a> film, but we’re delighted to add this new cluster of videos in the new Extensions style, featuring natural unscripted speech and carefully crafted verse from the poet Carmel Cauchi alongside Sharon’s documentary narrative – which, of course, allows ready translation into other languages, such as English or Gaelic, and maybe more to come(?). The videos are subtitled on YouTube in their original language – which also enables auto-translation into a wide range of other languages through the settings wheel. To access any of these videos just click on the live links in either of these landscape<\/a><\/strong> or portrait<\/a><\/strong> formats.<\/p>\n

As an added bonus, we’ve also been able to create three new Clilstore units in Maltese, so you can read the transcript while watching the embedded video and just click on any unfamiliar word to get a dictionary translation into the language of your choice. Christmas is coming early!<\/p>\n

Documentary: Tradizzjonijiet tal-Milied f\u2019Malta<\/a><\/strong>
\nPoetry: Carmel G. Cauchi \u2013 Qari ta\u2019 Poe\u017ciji<\/a><\/strong>
\nConversation: Carmel G. Cauchi Jitkellem fuq il-Milied<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Island Voices Extensions initiative is supported by the CIALL<\/a> project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Christmas Traditions in Malta” is a new and seasonal contribution\u00a0by Sharon Pisani, from the St Andrews University Open Virtual Worlds group, to the Island Voices “Extensions” initiative! Select any video clip in this landscape format, or use the phone-friendly portrait layout. “Il-Milied f\u2019Malta huwa \u010belebrazzjoni kbira, b\u2019tradizzjonijiet antiki u o\u0127rajn \u0121odda. Minn drawwiet reli\u0121ju\u017ci sa … Continue reading Tradizzjonijiet tal-Milied f\u2019Malta<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,8],"tags":[10,22,45,64],"class_list":["post-6991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-call","category-community","category-research","category-video","tag-applied-linguistics","tag-christmas","tag-heritage","tag-maltese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}