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English: Traditional Maltese Folk Music Għana. Għana was a way to pass the time during hours of recreations and while completing household tasks. Għana (pronounced 'a-na') is one of the core traditional values of Maltese culture. It is folk music that goes back to the late 18th century, when the Knights were occupying Malta. At times, many musical instruments were used accompanying the singing, but this folklore music is most known for the vocal traditions.
In particular, għana was practiced by the women singing on roof tops or in old communal wash houses, known as the għajn tal-ħasselin ("spring of the washers"). Wash houses were carved out of naturally forming caves around the island where water flows in a constant stream, providing a place to wash clothes. Like many other societies, men were the labourers and the women tended to the needs of the household. The women would converse with each other using rhyming song. It was a way of gossiping and passing time while they went about their household work. After washing, clothes were hung out to dry on the flat roofs typical of Maltese houses. From one roof it is easy to see – and indeed sing – across to neighbouring roofs over waist height fences. So essentially, there existed a pseudo community across the skyline of residential Malta, one in which women often took part in informal and unaccompanied għana sessions.
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