I trust that by the time of reading this blog you would have had enough of the referendum. The outcome was interesting. The Shout group won in Malta but lost in Gozo. Because of the great pro-hunter vote in Gozo, the hunters were the overall winners by 2,220 votes.

In a comment I gave for Net TV I said that this was an example of the two Maltas that exist. 

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I would here like to give another example of the two Maltas: the sacred and the …. should I say the secular or the ‘money-speaks Malta’ or the downright vulgar or a concoction of all three?

One Malta is represented by the photo I shared with my readers in the last blog. It showed Archbishop Scicluna during the celebration of the Easter Triduum when he washed the feet of a Spanish woman who was participating in the evening Mass on Maundy Thursday. That was the Malta which considers the Easter Triduum to be a sacred time to be commemorated with respect.  

The photo I am sharing today is evidence of a Malta which looks at the Easter Triduum as just a cash cow that can be milked. The photo shows a totally naked man during an ‘alternative celebration’. This also took place between Maundy Thursday and the early hours of Good Friday but had nothing to do with either. The naked man in the photo is standing on the DJs platform at the complex forming part of the Malta National Aquarium.

The European Commission had dished out hundreds of thousands of euros so that we could enjoy over a hundred different species of fish including sharks, rays, seahorses and eels freely swimming around in the National Aquarium.

This complex has now given a totally different meaning to the Maltese phrase gharwien huta.  The activities held there between Maundy Thursday and Good Friday were part of the  AMP Lost & Found festival fronted by a well-known BBC DJ. The  events that were organised in multiple venues included boat and beach parties all day and night in different parts of Malta during the Easter Triduum.

The big party in the National Aquarium complex was marked by extra-loud music, alcohol a-plenty, almost-naked girls roaming the streets, hazardous parking and other deplorable behaviour. Qawra residents complained with Times of Malta  about the “unbearable noise pollution” that kept residents awake all night as the music penetrated their walls and double glazing. As there were also parties at Numbero Uno, at Ta’ Qali, residents of Zebbug, Attard and the surroundings villages also complained about the unbearable sound.

While the residents were irate the MHRA was thrilled as such events line up its members’ pockets. But truth be said they threw a sop of sorts to Cerberus. In their statement extolling such events as the salvation of poor Malta they found a phrase or two for the miserable residents.

This is why I refer to this event as another example of another Malta. This is a Malta that sees neither sacred seasons, not principles, nor residents that want to be left in peace. This is the Malta which sees only euros, sterling, dollars  etc. Their basic maxim is: If it makes money it is good. Money  is considered to be the be and all of everything that exists.

This Malta is getting stronger and stronger. The big developers and the other cash-hungry fat cats are now ruling the roost. 

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