This is my first post for quite a while. It’s not surprising. It’s not so easy to write about a city’s culture and history when…
Category: Traditions
As some of the lockdown restrictions start to be eased, and the weather begins to move through spring and hint at the hot…
If I’m honest, I almost didn’t write this post. In 2019 I experienced my first Holy Week in Birgu: bells ringing, flags flying, pageantry and…
Growing up in the north of England, marching bands have been a big part of my life. The St. George’s Day parades in which…
I have written about the parish church of St. Lawrence, its collegiate status and its connection to the Order of St. John in…
Malta is often described as a very Catholic country, and certainly the processions in Birgu are a regular public demonstration of this belief. The…
A Belgian friend, also a resident of Birgu, once told me, “They like their flags, the Maltese”. Since then I have been an avid…
The people of Birgu are no strangers to celebrations. The calendar is marked by processions at Good Friday and Easter, the festas of St.…
My first two posts have aimed to give a bit of context to Birgu and its history, but the main aim of this…