Joe Xuereb, Ta’ Xbiex
Fireworks handling
Ban all local manufacturing of fireworks. Allow importation in a controlled way.
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pacifico galea
Sep 24th 2010, 23:53
Qed taraw bicca gobon zghira u johrog gurdien iehor. Mela int Sur Joe xuereb TA xbiex iehor mindawk li sugerew li issir l istorage tan nar kollu go HAD Dingli biex ikollok fejn tpoggi in nar li se timoporta min barra. konna nafu li liskop kien hekk ghax hemm persuni ohra li jridu hekk halli jkunu jistaw igibu in nar ta barra u ta malta jinqata haluna nghixu
Joe Xuereb
Sep 23rd 2010, 21:52
2) I've expressed my feelings about fireworks before and I will again. We must try and find out the reasons for the recent tragedies. Firework displays are for all occasions and not only for festas. Which in my case are a distant memory too. As are soft and hard nougats, eating them till they came out of my ears when I was a kid. But I am now paying the price. I presume they are still sold at festas. What is a festa without qubbajt? And trikki-trakki?
PS I also liked the pencil-like white lights going up at an angle. Never saw that before. Thank you!
Joe Xuereb
Sep 23rd 2010, 21:45
1) First of all, let me make it clear I am not the Joe Xuereb of Ta' Xbiex. I am the London UK one.
I have seen kaxxi nfernali - protracted displays that bring the festivities to a close (for cultural purposes, loosely translated as 'inferna boxes' in the nicest possible way) in my time, but this one competing in Bilbao takes the biscuit. It is a display and a half. Prosit!
Difficult to say if I've seen better or worse - having been exposed to fireworks since childhood, and enjoying them immensely in Hamrun and St. Vennera and elsewhere (eg the special treat of seeing firewords of San Bert in Gharghur on the far horizon from our roof in Hamrun - all wonderful childhood memories). I've seen fireworks here in UK over the decades but the feeling I have never recaptured. Certainly displays here don't seem better than anything I remember from my young Malta days. With this display - thanks to C. Busuttil - I like it all but especially the little round balls effect rising from the ground, not to any great height, like a beautiful bunch of rose-buds. I liked that.
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J Farrugia
Sep 23rd 2010, 15:07
This guy doesn't even know what fireworks are. Shame on him for blattering about a subject he doesn't even know anything about.
Alex Ciantar
Sep 23rd 2010, 10:11
We win the world cup of fireworks and we are recognised the best in the world for fireworks manufacturing and you want to import it? that is absurd. why not look into why these accidents are happening? it is a high probability that the imported chemicals are defective and the poor fireworks manufacturers are supplied with inferior products!! One has to look beyond the tip of his nose Joe Xuereb.
Ramon Casha
Sep 23rd 2010, 10:59
What world cup of fireworks? Just because a minor contest allows foreign participation does not make it the ultimate competition in the world.
Joseph Galea
Sep 23rd 2010, 11:41
You're right Casha ,because some people on this island think that the whole world will become useless without us the Maltese people.
Adrian Zahra
Sep 23rd 2010, 12:31
We Maltese are to Fireworks what Brazil are to Football. We might not necessarily be the world champions (although wherever Maltese where given a chance they came out with flying colours)but still are the ones who put most fantasy and dedication to it. I definitely think that the recent spate of accidents is something which needs dealing with SERIOUSLY however I do not think that importing petty fireworks from china is in any way comparable to the product which the Maltese despite the very limited resources and inexistent assitance from the authorities are capable of producing. What we need is a SERIOUS Board which regulates the manufacture, transport and setup of fireworks made of competent individuals with both technical and practical knowledge.
Our Fireworks are part of our Identity and an integral part of our celebrations it would be a pity to loose them to commercial mainstream fireworks just beacuse no one is willing to put in a serious commitment of resources.
C.Busuttil
Sep 23rd 2010, 13:25
@ Joe Xuereb
Mhux hekk Nibqaw, sewwa qed jghidu li hawn min pogga ghajnejn li jaghmel il-flus billi jimporta n-nar ghax sakemm jibqaw dawk li jahdmu n-nar ma jistawx jaghmlu hekk.
@ Ramon Casha
It is not one competition that the Maltese HAVE WON but various. The "dilletanti" have beaten the World famous Australians the ones that hold every New Year's Eve fireworks displays in Sydney. The "dilletanti" have managed to beat foreigners something in which no field the Maltese manage to do. The fact that the Maltese fireworks factories don't take part in other competitions is due that they have limited finances since they are Non profit and taking part in such competitions would be a burden, otherwise the Maltese would carry every competition held. Maltese fireworks is the labour of dedication and passion which no commercial factory can ever dream to emulate.
The multibreak fireworks are unique to Malta only, NOT even the Chinese can do them!!!!!!
Just see yourself what foreigners think about the Maltese fireworks
http://www.pyrouniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?28339-Malta-Fireworks-Photos-amp-Videos
see also the various tags under Malta
@Joseph Galea
Nobody considers Malta as the centre of the universe but through fireworks at least it has a place on the Map
C.Busuttil
Sep 23rd 2010, 14:18
@Ramon Casha
The minor contest winners have a reputation that in no other field maltese have !!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.pyrouniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?28667-The-Malta-Fireworks-Project
AS the guy in this site said they are making a documentary on Maltese fireworks because its awesome and they have a budget of $120,000 !!!!!!!!!!!!! as referred on other threads
further
this is what the british say about our minor fireworks victory in bilbao!!!!!! dawn l-inglizi ta'............... li taghhom konna kolonja
http://www.pyrosociety.org.uk/forum/topic/5560-st-josephs-fireworks-factory-malta-win-competition-in-bilbao-spain/
Sur Casha li tikteb f'kollox u fuq kollox izda ma tifhem f'xejn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! l-amateurs beat the professionals!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to be correct they didn't even know what hit them the world celebrated professionals(dawn jaghmlu s-shows f'Sydney harbour mhux marsamxett) when they saw the Ghaxaq village factory display. Imma ir-Rahal daqs tikka rebah
Il-minor competition fiha hadu sehem fost l-aqwa li hawn u tilfu mad-dilletanti ta Hal-Ghaxaq
r sammut
Sep 23rd 2010, 15:45
Import fireworks? Have you ever happened to watch the Italian news before festivities, when police do round ups for foreign imports, to minimise on the many accidents these fireworks cause in the wrong hands?