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OTHER HOLIDAYS All Saints' Day ( November 1 - ''Jum il-Qaddisin Kollha'') and All Souls Day ( November 2 - ''Jum l-Irwieh'') are not officially recognized, but kindergartens, primary and secondary schools assign them as holidays. The last two days of Carnival (Monday and Tuesday) are also school holidays. ''Santa Marija'' is especially popular with residents of the Main Island for family trips to Gozo , where the feast is celebrated in the capital, Rabat . The Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady is celebrated in seven parishes. Good Friday is characterized by processions across the country, starting at around 3 p.m. and lasting for about four hours, where believers (sometimes wearing a hood) offer tribute to the Passion Of Christ by carrying statue representations (''vari'') of the Stations Of The Cross (which are much heavier than the statues used in Festa s), and by carrying themselves the cross (with or without wheels) through part or all of the procession. Remembrance Day is observed by the wail of sirens during the traditional two minutes of silence ''at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month'' observed by all Commonwealth Countries . Most religious holidays are celebrated as traditional Festa s. |
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