Malta Edition
Dia de Reyes leads today's complete edition for Malta.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
Kids leave their shoes out the night before and wake up hoping for a gift from the Reyes Magos. The panaderias sell roscon de reyes, the ring-shaped sweet bread with a plastic baby hidden inside. Whoever finds the baby hosts the next gathering, though everyone forgets by February.
The feast of the Epiphany is celebrated with church services across Malta and Gozo, and the tradition of the "Three Kings" procession in the village of Zabbar. The Maltese have a strong tradition of the presepju (nativity scene), and the Epiphany marks the end of the Christmas season. The Three Kings, known in Maltese as it-Tliet Slaten, are an important part of the nativity tradition, and the presepju in every home is not complete until the three kings arrive at the manger. The Epiphany is also the day when the Maltese traditionally take down their Christmas decorations, and the last of the Christmas sweets are eaten before the season of fasting begins.
You spot the solenodon and the Hispaniolan hutia as distinctive small mammals endemic to this Caribbean island. You see that Dominican households most commonly keep dogs, cats, and fighting roosters. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.