The Feast of the Assumption, also known as the feast of ‘Santa Maria', is celebrated every year on the 15th of August and marks the ascent into heaven by the Virgin Mary.

This popular Maltese ‘festa' is the peak of the summer season of religious village feasts and is celbrated in 7 towns and villages: Għaxaq, Gudja, Ħ'Attard, Mosta, Mqabba and Qrendi in Malta, and Victoria in Gozo. It is also a public holiday