Ftira

Ftira

Subclass of	sourdough bread, flatbread
Native label	ftira
Country	Malta
Country of origin	Malta
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, ICH Malta
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01580, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01580, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01580, https://ichmalta.gov.mt/national-inventory/il-ftira-the-culinary-art-and-culture-of-flattened-sourdough-bread-in-malta/, https://ichmalta.gov.mt/mt/national-inventory-mt/il-ftira-the-culinary-art-and-culture-of-flattened-sourdough-bread-in-malta/

Ftira de la se’em ti a naanԑ ana wuu nutua la, leavened, Maltese borebore bii paanu, saŋa zo’e zo’e ba ni dita ba mԑ la (fillings) magese wuu sardines, tuna, nyuure bii nyɔa, tomato paala, alabasere, capers la olives. Tinsi tɔka tɔka lagum dԑla Gozo ftira, se’em ti ba ni tɔta n ti a ana wuu pizza gee gana sandwich. Gozitan ftira de la se’em ti ba tɔka n peelum puan la thinly sliced potato over the crust, bii ba ni lagese n ti a wuu calzone.

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Doose Maltese Parliament's duma za’a n yuum saki ti  loe UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2018 yuuni la puan Malta's Culture Directorate launched a petition ti ba dikԑ Maltese ftira pa’asԑ UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) puan. Doose a mi gɔŋɔ duma la n yelese’em la, 'dikera Ftira Maltija', wuu ba dikԑe n pa’asԑ Directorate's National Inventory, poorum Sixteenth Century yuuni la puan. doose gɔmena n yuum yi, ti a Malta gɔmena la yuum muulԑ bii bo lasebaarԑ ti a wan tari Maltese ftira ta bo UNESCO doose la ba saki ti a pa’asԑ intangible cultural heritage puan la. 2020 yuuni la puan, Maltese ftira ti ba yuum dikԑ UNESCO's pa’asԑ Intangible Cultural Heritage yu’ura la puan.

See Also

• Maltese cuisine
• List of Maltese dishes