Pain in the rain for Carnival organiser, but he says the date should not be moved

Mr CHARLES TANTI

Feb 11th, 14:35

Pawlu il karnival ta kullhadd u gol BRAZIL issa huwa is SAJF u qatt ma tamel xita.

Mr CHARLES TANTI

Feb 11th, 14:30

Meta il karnival sar f mejju dejem kien bhazzi u temp sabih.

C Busuttil

Feb 11th, 02:11

Wiehed li juza mohhu, mhux ta' xejn il-Karnival minghajru ma jibqa xejn fih

Jonathan McBee

Feb 11th, 00:05

"Paul Curmi, a man synonymous with Malta's Carnival, has spoken of his pain whenever the weather disrupts the festival."

I lived most of my childhood in Valletta and know exactly why Mr Curmi should bee "synonymous" with carnival, but I am sure not all of your readers do. Dear TOM, don't you think this article is just a little bit on the threadbare side?

Manicas Manicaro

Feb 10th, 23:38

Here goes the Valletta ambassador for culture.

Manicas Manicaro

Feb 10th, 23:37

What are we waiting to honour this person? Should we honour him when it is too late? If there is a person meriting that 'Valletta ambassador of Culture' thing is this person.

M Saliba

Feb 10th, 22:19

Many feasts in Malta were celebrated in winter, but because of the weather feasts are now celebrated on a small scale on the actual feast day of the patron saint, and on a large scale in summer. Similarly we can have a winter carnival with King Carnival float and parades, and a full scale Summer Carnival with large floats. This will ensure a Carnival spirit throughout the year.:)

Jimmy Magro

Feb 10th, 20:47

This is self inflicted pain. The chance of having rain and wind in February is around 95%. Organisers cannot grumble with nature. But they can change the date. Weather is uncontrolable. The date is.

Joe Grech

Feb 10th, 20:15

Paul Curmi etc.
Why not move Carnival to a date in April / May? The weather won't be that hot and inclement weather would possibly be avoided. As for the Rio Carnival I don't think that is celebrated in winter but I stand to be corrected.
Such a shame that festivities often do not happen as a result of bad weather.
As for tourists, more are here in April / May than at the beginning of February

mark johnson

Feb 10th, 20:14

I thought carnival was the tuesday before Ash wednesday.

John Borg

Feb 10th, 19:33

Bniedem ta veru!

bniedem vera posittiv.