Żepp’s Day 2025: How Malta Turned a Retired Bus Driver into a National Holiday
**Żepp’s Day Dawns: How One Man’s Name Became Malta’s Unofficial End-of-Summer Festival** *September 28, 2025* At 6:47 a.m. the church bells of Siġġiewi rang 69 times—one for every year of Żepp Camilleri’s life—signalling that “Żepp’s Day” had officially begun. By 7 a.m. the village square was already a traffic jam of ħobż biż-żejt wrappers, push-chairs,…