Għargħur feast

matthew tanti

Aug 31st 2012, 18:22

but we are a nationalist majority here, and we do not care

Matt Borg

Aug 31st 2012, 17:46

oh geez ... still people with the 1920s mentality! How can ever this country move forward?

Stephania Aquilina

Aug 30th 2012, 17:19

Jaqghawn maghndekx ma min taqbad siehbi mela il murtali tal festi l- ohra ma rajthom fil kas itla sal Gharghur ahna qedghien Fl- gholi hu tara kollox .

Lucienne Spiteri

Aug 30th 2012, 16:42

go and get a life....we are in 2012...San Bert reigns...it was a great feast...and Calvin Harris rocked!

W Cassar

Aug 30th 2012, 15:31

Actually that is what I said when I heard the bombi in the afternoon.... so much for a national day of mourning, regardless of who died.

Carmel Camilleri

Aug 30th 2012, 15:07

Mintoff was the prime Minister of half the Maltese. The other half who did not agree with his policies were just ignored or t discriminated. . So what reason is there to suspend the feast. Other ex.PMs and ex Presidents died and life went on as normal. Why the exception because Mintoff's days in Government were characterised by his ruthless and dictatorial rule..

Sarah Mifsud

Aug 30th 2012, 14:59

Yes, the Gharghur feast was held as usual, but that doesn't mean that this was out of disrespect or anything of the sort. Flags at Gharghur were held half-mast - clearly showing respect. Being from Gharghur, I can assure you that there are a lot of people who highly respected our former prime minister Dom Mintoff. However this doesn't mean that they lacked respect by celebrating the patron saint's feast. After all, these are religious festivities and not outrageous remarks about the late Dom Mintoff - like we've been witnessing lately. I personally am not sure whether other localities suspended their programs during the above mentioned days, however I can state for a fact that other events and parties, such as Calvin Harris' - an internationally renowned music artist - were still held. With all due respect, being from Mosta, you couldn't not have heard the loud music coming from Numero Uno in the middle of the night (between Friday and Saturday). Moreover, any follower of Mintoff would know that he believed that after a lot of hard work and determination one should portray the positive result and cherish the satisfaction - something which all the Gharghur people did after a whole year of hard work.. it would have been a pity to suspend everything, wouldn't it?

Marvin Briffa

Aug 30th 2012, 14:27

MA Tafx x int tghid! Mhux gust li socjeta tkun ila sena tahdem u tiprepara imbghad tithassar il-festa ghax kien hemm luttu nazzjonali.

Adrian Abela

Aug 30th 2012, 12:59

Dan b serjetta !!!!!

Samuel Bezzina

Aug 30th 2012, 12:06

Go get a life...

M Xuereb

Aug 30th 2012, 11:49

I'm sure you are wrong here. Every feast was celebrated normally, except the one of Birgu which is the area of where Mintoff came from. But St Julians, Marsa, Manikata, Hal Safi and Ghajnsielem which were also celebrating their feasts also continued normally. You probably pulled the attention on the feast of Gharghur because they seem to have had a big one this year with magnificent fireworks. Which I wouldn't really suspend something similar after a year of hard work. The feast only comes once a year and life goes on.

The irony is, that a lot of people like you blabber about the fact that the state and religion shouldn't be mixed, and now you are mixing it. As you said its national mourning, not from the church, besides the fact that with all due respect, they have the right of not mourning or mourn politically and celebrate their feast.

Joe Scerri

Aug 30th 2012, 10:41

Please stop passing blanket statements, I do not consider him as my prime minister, father or whatever. Neither do I consider any other politician PL,PN,AD OR XYZ as some god. One thing I hate more than politiciians are their assorted collection of boot lickers.

Chris Gatt

Aug 30th 2012, 09:56

"Other localities celebrating the feast of their patron saint suspended their programmes on these two days"

Really? which ones?