Cultural Identity & Spiritual Practices | Culture in Malta Features Faith, Family and Pageantry

In this feature story about Maltese Good Friday celebrations, you will hear personal stories and insights on the history and traditions of local Maltese culture, including:

• A description of Malta’s Good Friday procession
• A discussion of specific practices, clothing, and other cultural aspects
• An overview of how religion is a major part of Maltese life, especially on Good Friday
• An exploration of how this procession serves as a cultural and religious expression

Expected Learning Outcome:

This lesson includes clear expected learning outcomes that support students in understanding cultural identity through first-person perspectives, while building intercultural awareness and connections between individual experience and global traditions.

• Students will identify and describe key cultural practices and beliefs from the lesson’s focus community (i.e., Maltese culture).
• Students will articulate insights into their own cultural identities and how those identities relate to what they learned.
• Students will analyze how cultural expressions (like spiritual practices) reflect values, history, and social traditions.
• Students will compare perspectives across cultures while finding similarities and differences through human themes.
• Students will make connections between cultural traditions and broader global contexts (spiritual practices, tradition, preserving past cultures in the present world), showing critical thinking about identity and intercultural understanding.