Visitors to Buġibba urged to wear carnival costumes this weekend
Twenty-two years after Malta stopped holding carnival in May, a summer festival will be held in Buġibba this weekend, although it will not replace the main one in February. The Summer Grand Carnival in Buġibba is being organised by the St Paul’s Bay...
Twenty-two years after Malta stopped holding carnival in May, a summer festival will be held in Buġibba this weekend, although it will not replace the main one in February.
The Summer Grand Carnival in Buġibba is being organised by the St Paul’s Bay local council and Catwalk Productions and will feature floats, dancing groups, grotesque masks known as maskaruni and the traditional ġostra, where competitors climb a greased pole over the sea in an attempt to grab the flag stuck to the end of it.
The activities will be held on Saturday and Sunday in the Main Square and Islet Promenade from 7 p.m.
Parliamentary Secretary Chris Said explained that the Buġibba carnival would benefit from special funds allocated to the local councils to hold special activities. In this case, he said, carnival would be a special attraction for the thousands of Maltese and tourists residing in the area.
He noted that summer carnivals were held in several EU cities and this “experiment” in Malta would help the numerous commercial outlets in the area.
He encouraged people visiting Buġibba this weekend to wear costumes.