New association to group feasts enthusiasts

Simon DImech

Nov 11th 2009, 22:15

@ C Attard,i agree perfectly with you. Probably these are the same 'OPEN MINDED' lot who feel offended because of the presence of crucifixis in public places or because WE decorate our villages for the feasts of a Saints. And for those Iconoclasts who think that a religous feast should not include external celebrations then maybe they do not know the difference between Catholicism and protestantism

Buhagiar M

Nov 11th 2009, 19:46

Keep it up Dr Farrugia. Even the comments on Xarabank you said make alot of sense.

Mario Zammit

Nov 11th 2009, 09:42

Well Done to Dr. Farrugia for such initative and for all the Local Associations helping in the foundation of this Organisation. Our Feasts and Street Decorations is a part of Our National Herritage adn Traditions. Something not to be preserved but to be promoted. Many of Our Tradditions and crafts etc. are in danger of vanishing and alot of things are being done to revive them. So why then trying to kill Festa related traditions and crafts????

Preserve for Today and Promote for Tomorrow

To Andrea Portelli, its a shameful comment from your end to call Villagers as Idiots.

P.Cassar

Nov 11th 2009, 09:02

What's wrong with rejoicing during festa time?

The trouble crops up when in the name of rejoicing limits are broken. Here there should be controls. Perhaps we have not yet come to auto-contol but organizations help to achieve this. For now, effective police control is essential but eventually police should retire gradually as auto control gradually increases.

Hence the need for such organizations.

C Attard

Nov 11th 2009, 08:40

How do people dare criticise others for forming an association? Nobody is forcing anyone to participate and these people are exercising their right to form an association to protect their interest. It is a matter of principle.

In any case, my greatest appreciation goes to Dr. Godfrey Farrugia for his initiative, foresight and enterprise.

Prosit u grazzi.

Marvin Mizzi

Nov 11th 2009, 00:22

Good lets be united and not let our traditions be wiped out. Festas are part of our culture we need to protect them...... The decorations in our street are a form of manifestation of our beloging to a group and yes even of devotion to a Saint. Lets get the best of what we have and lets look to the future lets amke our festas better but lets not do away with traditions

G. Grech

Nov 10th 2009, 22:58

Religious feasts are meant to be "religious" celebrations, first and foremost. I believe that the chursh is trying to transform the feasts from pagan "traditions and folklore" back to what they are intended to be. Decorations and fireworks are important, but not the scope of the religious feasts.

F.Reinhard

Nov 10th 2009, 22:52

Please support everything traditional as good as possible. But help to ban petards!

Chris Ebejer

Nov 10th 2009, 22:27

Initiatives of this kind should be highly commended in the light that our socio & cultural fabric is deteriorating and being attacked day by day from certain destructive liberal minded individuals whom their only personal achievements is to criticize and abolish what does distinguish us as a Maltese.

I am more than pleased that Dr Farrugia has shown his true integrity and sincere passion to strengthen this particular aspect of our Maltese tradition.

Dennis Zammit

Nov 10th 2009, 21:20

Well done to Dr Farrugia and the group of enthusiasts.

Unity brings strength in discussions and decision making. The energy and time these people spend away from their families should also be appreciated. After all, most parishioners and foreigners (even from other towns) just see the decorations in those few festa days without even caring or stopping to think about the work involved in their creation, work, funding and installation and clearing away for the next year.

Pity some people shout too loud to criticize every thing in Malta.

Hope that this organization does not fade away just like the Ghaqda Festi Esterni did some years back.

Insomma, well done and GOOD LUCK.

Andrea Portelli

Nov 10th 2009, 19:21

Just an excuse to keep the external "festivities" (parties, getting drunk, acting like the local village idiot) for a handful of people at expense of the whole locality.

Bravo

john mangion

Nov 10th 2009, 19:11

talba taghna illum:

j'alla il-kelma ta' isaija l-ewwel kapitlu, vers erbghatax ma jkun jghodd qatt ghalina l-maltin.

ismaghna nitolbuk mulej

J.Tonna

Nov 10th 2009, 18:23

What everybody should keep in mind is that they celebrate a religious feast. If they do not want to keep the Christian spirit in their celebrations they better celebrate sometihing else, such as carnival.

J Farrugia

Nov 10th 2009, 17:43

@ Roderick Bajada - since when do the teachings of Jesus Christ interest you? Since when have you started preaching to the Catholics?

Jesmond Micallef

Nov 10th 2009, 17:33

A very positive move for national consensus about such traditions and folklore. I mean here I see really great potential. Good work Dr. Farrugia for such initiative.

I wish you all the best but keep in mind that village feasts are a Christian Celebration and they should be respected as such. Every saint has his or her own story to tell, and should be promoted as an example of Christain values, to US, me included.

Christian Sciberras

Nov 10th 2009, 17:25

@Kelinu Hili - WELL SAID!
That is what Malta is; CARNIVAL IS-SENA KOLLHA!

manwel Curmi

Nov 10th 2009, 17:05

It would be interesting to know what does the statute of such an association states. How will such an association control the like of the enthusiasts that formed the audience in the latest Xarabank, These entusiasts did a disservice to the whole issue. Dr Farrugia's intervention was just one of the three interventions during the programm that made sense. I augur well Dr Farrugia and hope he can control the pique shown during the programme which is common throughout many of the feasts in Malta. As fpor street decorations one has to understand further why these were addressed by the Church document.

Duncan Brincat, Kalkara

Nov 10th 2009, 17:04

Well done to all those involved! Let us preserve our own traditions through strengthening our festive decorations.

Kelinu Hili

Nov 10th 2009, 17:02

Viva l-festi! Viva l-karnival is-sena kollha!

Roderick Bajada

Nov 10th 2009, 17:02

Finaly!

THank you to all those involved.

Te beautifull artistic decorations involved in the Festa are in now a detriment to Christianity!

Were there are abuses, action should be taken individually and not in masses / punish everyone, as it goes against human rights!

If the document that the church has prepared goes into force, legal action can be taken as that is a case of human rights discrimination!

The Church should continue on its duty and teach the teachings of Jesus and not act as another government.

Jesus said, 'Give to ceaser what is due to ceaser, and to God what is due to God'

Whay are we christians if we are still teaching the law of moses, the law which Christ came to change?

Correct me if im wrong, but didin't St.Paul say that the old testment is irrelevant to the Christians and that we should now be living by Christianity as that is enough?

Charles J. Buttigieg

Nov 10th 2009, 17:01

Why can’t the Church treat the village festas as it treats Christmas? The Church has no jurisdiction on any other civil activity. The church should restrict itself to the religious aspect of the celebration in church and disassociates itself completely from the pagan celebrations that go on in the village’s squares and the streets. The police and the civil authorities ought to be able to control the drunkards and the blasphemous without the involvement of the church.

Mireille Bugeja

Nov 10th 2009, 17:00

At last! It is important that we keep the Maltese feasts going on- Safe guarding our religion first of all, our traditions, and culture !!! and don't tell me that Feasts are not religious anymore..please first attend and participate in your parish feast and then comment!!

clifford spiteri

Nov 10th 2009, 16:57

@ j farrugia.

dont worry sir/madam.. u can pray for their souls :):)
well done to whoever is striving to keep traditions alive.

Stepehn Borg

Nov 10th 2009, 16:52

Mela hekk fl-ahhar, ejja qumu wahda sew ghax erba t'jiem ohra mhu ha jibqa xejn hlief dwejjaw f'dan il-pajjiz, erba festi raw,ahjar raw it-ravu f'ghajnejhom milli ix-xaghar f'ghajn haddiehor, well done

C.Sammut

Nov 10th 2009, 16:43

There is a lot of work involved in this tradition which has cultural value. It should be recognised and nurtured. Well done to this initiative.

Jonathan Cini

Nov 10th 2009, 16:41

Well done Dr. Farrugia. I fondly admire his sens of appreciation to our socio-religious heritage in general. May God help not only help him to carry on his duty well, but instil in his counterparties the sense of dignity towards himself and the association he will from now represents. For our stand we do certainly have a distinguished person.

J Farrugia

Nov 10th 2009, 16:39

What a disgrace. As if these organisations mushrooming here and there are not enough. Another cover for antagonism against the Church is what we need. All they want to do is having fun at the expense of the Catholic religion. Shame on the organisers.

zammit

Nov 10th 2009, 16:38

let's fight for our tradtion!!!