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Local Customs: Firwework Displays
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  • Written by tophat30 on Mar 11, 2007
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    • Fireworks are normally enjoyed on one-off special occasions throughout the world. Usually on 4th of July, Guy Fawkes, New Year's day or National Day. For the Maltese, it's a daily occurance during the summer months in every Village festa celebrated. And it's not just quantity, but also topline quality !! See my Village Festa tip for a background idea. An hour non stop show with synchronized music is getting more common. A good tip for some of the best shows is 14th/15th August in Mqabba or Qrendi, 6th/7th August at Lija and both Zurrieq festas. Click on photo to see more pics.

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    Local Customs: Village Festas - When sacred and profane collide.
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  • Written by tophat30 on Mar 11, 2007
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    • Malta - The streets and Church lit up for the festa
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    • Every village in Malta has got at least one Parish Chirch, at least one Patron Saint, at least one villge band club, at least one firework factory and so on. Said at least cause the MAltese have a way for these festas they go all out. It's not unusual for a village with 1500 inhabitants, celebrate two independant festas with their respective band club, statue, firework show etc.
    A typical festa has got ALL of the following in the agenda: Churches decorated with hundreds of coloured bulbs, and it's interior covered from top to floor with damasc or other fine textiles, band marches, firework shows, giggifogu ( street pyrotechnics), full week of celebrations, local delicacy stands selling 'Qubbajt' , fast food kiosks, street lighting decoration, toys stands, beer soaked party people, boisterous crowds and of course the village 'idol' - the Patron Saint leading a handful of the non mentioned above in the religious procession.
    No less than 75 festas are celebrated between June and September, each climaxing on Sunday morning for the grand street party marches, and Sunday eveing for the statue going round the vilage. Click on pic to see more pics of what I'm talking about.

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    Local Customs: Christmas Cribs
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    • In Christmas time, hundreds of volunteers around the island setup their traditional Crib. This comes to life with Nativity figurines known locali as 'Pasturi'. The pasturi represent Virgin Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, the shepherds, animals and other carachters. Some of the cribs have their figurines dressed up with local folklore dress. A great work of art is appreciated in these creative cribs. Most of them are appx 10' x10' large, with trickling water simulating a stream, mechanical windmills, flickering bulbs simulating bonfires and such other details. Material used for the crib is endless such as papier-mache', cork, polyesterene, rocks, wax, wood, bogwood etc. Click on pic to see more related photos.

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    Local Customs: PASTIZZI - Maltese pastries
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  • Updated by tophat30 on Jun 9, 2006
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    • Make sure that you try the 'Pastizzi' at least once when you're in Malta. The traditionals come either with 'rikotta' or with 'peas'. Other variations are with meat or anchovy. They are served hot and are very cheap !. For a Maltese Lira you'll get about a dozen or 6 for a €1. Stop at any Pastiizeria to buy them. These pastizzerias are usually found in a village square or main roads in towns.

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    Local Customs: Mnarja Festival
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    • Traditionally, Mdian with it's Cathedral dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul, was the focal point for the Maltese farming population to gather in the ancient city, beautifuly lit up for the occasion, and celebrate both the saints feast and the harvest festival. Mnarja is celebrated on June 29th on a national scale. A typical Maltese folklore festival with plenty of music, folk dancing, crop and farm animals competition, feasting and colourful horses and donkey races. It is characterised by a nightlong picnic at Buskett Garden, Rabat, on the eve of st Peter & st Paul's feast. The traditional singing ‘l-ghana’ is a simple and spontaneous songs of the Maltese peasantry. Click on pic to see more photos.

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    Local Customs: Good Friday Procession
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    • The Greatest event in Malta. A can't miss attraction if you're visiting Malta in Easter Holidays. Several villages around Malta hold this annual Festival with great effort and dedication. The following is common in all processions. Hundreds of pagaent biblical costumes ranging from a four year old boy holding a lamb to an eighy year old dressed up as Moses, Penitents dragging heavy chains tied to theor ankles and others dragging a cross. An average of ten statues represent certain episodes from the last moments of Christ. Each statue is following a group of Roman or Jewish soldiers. Most of these statues are considered priceless and some date back to the Knights of St John in early 1600's. Background music - The bugle and funeral marches.
    Many tours are organised for tourists. If you want to save money, go to Valletta or Mosta ( both are well organised) and catch a bus back to your hotel. Be there an hour before pageant begins to ind a good visual spot. Most of them start around 1630 -1700 hrs and finished by 2030 hrs. Pics wil be added later.

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    Local Customs: Balconies
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  • Written by tophat30 on Mar 16, 2007
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    • Although there are a great variety of designs and finishing details, Maltese traditional balconies can be broadly classified under two categories. These are the open type, which can either be in stone or wrought iron with more rare wooden ones, and then there is the more striking closed wooden balcony. Open stone balconies are the oldest type to be seen in Malta. They are most common in the older inhabited areas such as Mdina. Valletta also had its share of such balconies but many of these were later converted into closed wooden ones. The open stone balcony also has a long tradition in Gozo where the working of stone has always been a major craft.

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    Comments for tophat30 about Malta
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    angiebabe Fri Nov 16, 2007 23:06 UTC
     Thanks for very informative tips with lovely photos - thanks for the tour of your island/country!    		mrpastry Wed May 9, 2007 18:14 UTC
     great site and top tips i will be back in malta soon, hoping to walk the victoria lines alan
    hunterV Tue Mar 13, 2007 20:10 UTC
     very interesting and nice    		nixca316 Mon Mar 12, 2007 03:21 UTC
     Hi Josef! These are great tips about Malta. Take care! =)
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