Rupert Cefai

identità - 2014

2014 has been a very important year for national celebrations in Malta. 50 years of independence, 40 years a republic and 35 years since Malta is no longer a military base. On such occasions one cannot but question what does it mean to be Maltese. In a country the size of a small city, that has always been dominated by some foreign power, that has always been a naval centre of sorts, where people come and go on a regular basis,  what does national identity mean?  What is it that make us Maltese? Is it lineage? Is it birth? Is it culture? Is it traditions? Is it food? or maybe a combination of them all.