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Għana (/ ˈ ɑː n ə / AH-nə) is a type of traditional Maltese folk music. Għana has two literal meanings. The first is richness, wealth and prosperity; the second is associated with singing, verse, rhyme and even kantaliena, a type of singing with a slow rhythm.
The Maltese (Maltese: Maltin) people are an ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language and share a common culture and Maltese history.Malta, an island country in the Mediterranean Sea, is an archipelago that also includes an island of the same name together with the islands of Gozo (Maltese: Għawdex) and Comino (Maltese: Kemmuna); people of Gozo, Gozitans (Maltese ...
Għana is the traditional folk music of Malta. Malta organises its own Malta Song Festival yearly since 1960. [1] In 1971 Joe Grech was the first singer to represent Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest. Andy Partridge from XTC was born on Malta in 1953. Later, Thea Garrett won the Malta Song for Europe 2010 called My Dream.
The lyrics of these two songs were written by Dr. George Zammit whilst Mro. Guzeppi Ciappara composed the music. In those days, in Malta, it was a landmark for a Maltese singer to record four consecutive 45 rpm in less than two years. These records continued to increase the popularity of Grech both in Malta and in the Maltese diaspora.
Bonnici later stated in another interview that the song was a "[positive] love song" about a person that was romantically interested in her. After an initial stage of teasing, Bonnici and her partner ended up in a happy "loop". [4] The song was announced as a participating entry in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on 18 October 2023. [5]
On 16 May 2020, it was confirmed that Chukunyere would represent Malta at the 2021 contest with the song "Je me casse". [13] Her 2021 entry was released on 15 March 2021 on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest. [14] "Je me casse" was released on all major streaming services on 22 March 2021.
During the same period the late lyricist and composer from Rabat, Malta, John B. Cassar, who was a pharmacist and a teacher by profession, had set up an enterprise called "Tourist Revues International Malta". They were the organizers of "The Malta International Song Festival" [8] which had nothing to do with the "Malta Song Festival". They also ...
The same author published the first history book in the Maltese language, entitled Storja ta' Malta Miktuba għall-Poplu (The People's History of Malta), in 1862. 1863 saw the publication of the first novel in Maltese, Elvira Jew Imħabba ta' Tirann (Elvira, or the Love of a Tyrant), by the Neapolitan author, Giuseppe