This week-end you could go to the Birgu Fest, the event was taking place during 3 days in Vittoriosa (Birgu in Maltese). We went there on Saturday evening to see what was happening.
The little town of Birgu tried to attain the Guinness Book of Record for having the city lit with a huge number of candles. The candles would lit the city as the sun set. Located in front of Valletta, Birgu is a small town with many little streets, it is the perfect place to have this kind of event. Walking through the narrow streets is nice, you spend most of your time in the dark. You can have fun with the shadows, play hide and seek or scare the people passing by. The orange red atmosphere that is created by the colour of the recipient that holds the candles adds a little something to the whole city. You feel like stopping at each corner to take a picture but you need to have the good camera or something to hold it still otherwise you will only make blurry pictures.
The candles were not the only thing to see, there was a stage in the main plaza were you could listen to traditional music as well as the latest song sung by local artists. You could of course find food everywhere and I regretted not having someone from Malta explain to me what the different dishes were, I wanted to try something bud didn’t feel like doing a blind test. It was also possible to visit the touristic places of the city as they stayed open quite late. Everything was there so people would have a good time.
The Guinness Book inspector must really have a good time going through the streets and counting the candles. Did he count all of them twice to make sure there was no cheating or did he need a team of inspectors to do the job quickly and more efficiently? I couldn’t find if the town was successful or not but I really like the idea. I should try and organize something like this where I live it would be fun. Here are more pics.
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