Maltese Festa Series IX

The Festa is an important part of cultural heritage in Maltese villages, uniting families, local communities and outsiders in a celebration of popular religiosity. Apart from liturgical functions, the common factors during Festa Week are the street decorations, band marches, firework displays and lots of church bell ringing.

Balluta - Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Bir¿ebbu- Statue of Saint Peter in Chains
Fgura - Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Fontana, Gozo - Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Ghajnsielem, Gozo - Statue of Saint Anthony
Mellieha - Statue of Our Lady of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Qormi - Statue of Saint Sebastian
Swatar - Statue of Saint Preca
Victoria, Gozo - Statue of Our Lady of Graces
Wardija - Statue of Our Lady of the Forsaken (Il-Madonna tal-Abbandunati)