The
village feasts
Although the village
feasts have religious origins now a day are being entertaining. In Malta each
church is dedicated to a patron saint which the feast is made for. Many of the
feasts we found in Malta are made during the summer and each one is made on a
particular weekend. The feasts that are celebrated in Malta are a showcase of a
particular village, colorful pelmets lining the streets, statues and fireworks
which are fired at night. There is also the village band to complete making
atmosphere in the streets. In the streets one can also found stands of local
people selling nougat.
Maltese fireworks
In Malta we have many
activities during the feasts. A very good example that brings many tourists to
Malta is the Maltese fireworks. These go to the times of Saint John knights.
These are made from good talented people all year round and are made and putted
in a place called the kamra tan nar. These people are also always risking their
life since sometimes although rarely they explode.
Some of the types of the
fireworks are the ‘sferi’, ‘blalen’, ‘tal kulur’, ‘ beraq ta filodu’ like
‘beraq pront u murtuletti’, ‘bombi’, and ‘kaxxa’. The ‘kaxxa’ is the last thing
that is fired before the bombs.
Before the fireworks
there is the musketterija which consists of many explosion crackers fired
in a continuous therm. These are attached with a string of a high building like
the church or the kazin.
There are 35 fireworks
factories around Malta.
When I
was making my research I also found that in Japan they make fireworks. The coloured fireworks in malta have same type of
colors like japanese ones and have also same shape.
Maltese fireworks- circular design
Same design and shape is used in both fire works. One can also see same
pattern 2 circles in each firework.
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