Muslims commemorate departed relatives by baking richly spiced bread-cakes (il-ka'ak asfar) imprinted with stamps bearing various geometrical patterns. Each Thursday during the year of mourning, they honor the dead by visiting their graves and reciting memorial prayers. However, one particular Thursday - which falls between the Catholic and the Orthodox "Holy Thursday" (or Maundy Thursday) - is dedicated to these commemorations. On this day (khamis il-amwat), Muslim women take their children to the graveyard before daybreak, recite prayers for the dead, and then distribute the stamped cakes they have brought with them to the poor. This custom, which betrays a Christian influence, was prevalent in this region in the early twentieth century but is now gradually disappearing.