UPCOMING EVENTS
Lejla Mgarrija 2007 Agricultural
festival - 5th August
Beach Games at Gnejna Bay - 8th
August
Fenkata & American car show
- 10th August
Street Theatre (Teatru fil-Pjazza)
- 16th August
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Events
dont come short in this hospitable village. One can say
that there is always something going on during the year.
Probably the most popular of these is the 'Lejla Mgarrija'
an agricultural festival held in August that has been
going for the past 24 years and has drawn to it thousands
of people from all over the world. Such is the uniqueness
of this festival that Mgarr was chosen to recreate a smaller
version of thie Lejla Mgarrija for the visit of the CHOGM
entourage in 2005.
Probably
the most impressive display is that of the 'Giant Pumpkins'
which are grown organically to extraordinary proportions,
well exceeding the 100kg mark!!
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Being
an extremely tight knit community, Mgarr and its inhabitants
(Imgarrin) are always ready to help voluntarily in a variety
of things, from the festa preparations to campaigns like
'clean up the world'.
With
such a large number of people taking part in these events,
the Local Council has developed a night called 'Gieh Mgarr'
which is aimed to congratulate and thank those outstandingt
individuals that the community itself chooses to nominate.
The sorting process is a very difficult one as the number
of nominations increases every year and the Council has
the very difficult task of finally deciding who will receive
the hounour of 'Gieh Mgarr' and 'Rikonoxximent'.
This
evening (usually held in February) is enhanced by a variety
of musical and artistic displays that aid in making this
event a very important, almost precious one for Mgarr.
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July
marks the much awaited time for the traditional 'St. John's
Bonfire' which adornes the village square with colourful
flags and traditional costumes from the times of the Knights
of St. John.
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The
traditional Maltese wedding has changed greatly over the
years and many practices have been lost through the years.
This is why in Mgarr a re enactment of the traditional
wedding is held yearly, ensuring that this piece of Maltese
culture and history does not disappear totally.
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