Easter in Malta probably the most imortant religious festival of the year On Friday morning we followed the Maltese tradition of visiting 7 churches -we went to valetta with some family members to do this as there is about 19 churches in Valetta so it is easy to get to 7 of them
Friday evening was the Good Friday processions when the statues representing various stations of the cross are taken from the church and paraded through the streets along with brass bands playing funeral music
The statues are very heavy and it takes 8 -10 men to lift them - they usually only walk about 100 metres before they take a rest - the whole procession walks for about 3 kilometres through the streets of Valetta and takes about 3 hours. Amazingly people actually go in a lottery for the priveledge of carrying a statue
Easter Sunday we went to see the procession of the ressurection which is another statue carrying procession but this time just 1 statue and a couple of bands that walk through the streets for a few hours before running into the church at noon.
Sunday afternoon was spent with family at a traditional Maltese restaurant wher the offers on the menu included rabbit, octopus and horse. John had rabbit but I just had a steak (beef) as I don't like rabbit
On the right of the table are Margaret, Dominic, France, Melita, Tizianna,Dorianne with baby Luca, next to her is her husband Mando, John and Tony you can barely see
The proud grandparents France & Melitta
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