A highlight of the boat races is that of the dgnajsas, oared taxi boats with painted designs. The holiday is celebrated with parades, fireworks, and a colorful regatta and boat races in the Grand Harbour at Valletta. There is no school and the buses and trains run on a special holiday schedule. At this time, Britain also declared that self-government would be restored at the end of hostilities. International Day of the World's Indigenous People The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous peoples. In France, Victory in Europe Day jour de la Victoire en Europe, is a Patriotic public holiday celebrated on May 8th. to bear witness to a heroism and devotion which will long be famous in history." This was the first time a medal was conferred on any part of the commonwealth. On April 15, 1942, England's King George VI awarded the island of Malta the George Cross, Britain's highest decoration for civilian gallantry, to "honour her brave people. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called Malta "our only unsinkable aircraft carrier."
In April 1942, air-raid alerts averaged about 10 a day the ruins included the Royal Opera House in Valletta, destroyed by a German bomb. (Malta was under the control of the knights, a religious and military order of the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to tending the sick and poor and warring against Muslims, from 1530 until June 1798, when Napoleon took possession of the island.)ĭuring World War II, the island fought off Axis powers (Germany and Italy) despite three years of severe air bombardment. The onslaught left half the knights dead, but the Turks didn't fare well either-the knights used the heads of Turkish captives as cannonballs, and the defeat of the Turks humbled the Ottoman Empire. John of Jerusalem, with 6,000-9,000 men, held Malta against a four-month siege by some 29,000 Ottoman Turks. In 1565, the Hospitallers, or the Knights of the Order of St. This national holiday in Malta celebrates the lifting of two sieges:
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