Halloween: Malta celebrates with carved pumpkins

A.Attard

Nov 1st 2010, 14:23

Feast to the Devil?.Why they do not dress as devils in carnival!!!???give us a break children that wear of Iron man and fairies etc could be reading your stupid comment!!In literarture we are always hearing about death,maccabre paintings are everywhere but it is still art. Let us leave some space for the creative minds of our teenagers and adults

A Vella

Nov 1st 2010, 17:22

What a stupid comment! If you don't like halloween just shut up and stay home! And let those who have a life enjoy it. This is not YOUR Malta this is our Malta so stop dictating what we celebrate. Now wait for "San Martin" u oqghod xejjer il-gewz la hekk tiehu pjacir u hadd ma jwaqqfek...

M.Calleja

Nov 1st 2010, 10:23

I assure you that it's not a waste of resource. Every year I carve my own pumpkin and utilise the inside perfectly well.

tabela

Nov 1st 2010, 11:30

veru amerikanata. x ghandu x jaqsam il qara hamra mal mejtin taghna. xi haga hekk stupida nixorbuha ahna.

Claude Falzon

Nov 1st 2010, 10:04

I totally agree. It was also known that some sort of discrimination had started to shun pagans and pagan gods......what better way to get them to join 'christianity' rather than any other religion. Rob them of their culture. Well now its working the other way round. The church has lost its touch regarding faith, churches filled with paintings, statues, village feasts ecc ecc.....which actually go against a specific commandments:
"You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me,"

Since the church is permitting such things, people are sort of re-converting to paganism with the church's consent. Let's see the church try to find a way out of this pickle.

Maria Vella

Nov 1st 2010, 11:21

You have every right to disagree with the celebration of Haloween. It may be a nuissance to those who get their properties covered in eggs and the sort. But please do not speak of paganaism imported from the USA. We have the most obvious form of paganism on our islands throughout the summer months with famous festas. Petards, band marches with drunkards, closure of main roads, all in the name of saints, and then pf course there is the continous swearing that goes on during these so called religious manifestaions. I would rather have pumpkins with their bright orange colour and their nutritious elements then the horrible Maltese festas.

B.Brincat

Nov 1st 2010, 11:59

It is interesting to note that the holding of a 'festival of the dead' at the start of the winter months is a custom held by cultures across the globe. Examples are found in peruvian, hindu, aztec, inca, persian, ancient egyption and roman, japanese, besides the many ancient european peoples from which Halloween is directly descended. It is a celebration which delves into our existence and coming to being, a reminder of our ancestors who built the community we inherited, and a reminder of our finite existence on this earth which obliges us to leave a positive imprint for our successors. It would be a pity to shun a tradition which brings together the whole of humanity.

Andrew Cachia

Nov 1st 2010, 06:58

RElax. dont need to be boring

Charlene Taylor

Nov 1st 2010, 08:06

Ma tantx tista tibqa relax meta t-tfal jifqawwlek bajd, tqil u ilma mal-bieb ta' barra meta ma tirrispondix...

B psaila

Nov 1st 2010, 09:18

Ernest, it's better then the post man delivering you the water and electricity bills no?