The festa season in Malta is made up of a long series of extended weekends, starting from the end of May right through the entire months of June, July, August and well into September. During this period, there is hardly any weekend when a town or a village is not celebrating the feast of its patron saint or other saints revered in different churches.
Banners, statues raised on decorated wooden columns, festoons and so on, richly decorate the main streets of the localities where such feasts are taking place. The inhabitants of the town or village then add to this festive mood by decorating their own balconies and rooftops through lit up festoons, some blue and some red according to the feast they are supporting. Flags are also hoisted as a sign of participation in the feast of the saint being celebrated.

A typical Maltese ‘festa' lasts minimally three days or longer. You may attend on any one of these evenings when you are bound to see people making merry. Traditional as well as fast food stands vie with each other to sell their ware to the crowds. Typical products are Maltese type nougat and other delicacies. The family homes are traditionally draped in all their finery, which may be glimpsed through the open doors and windows, unless your curiosity gets rewarded by an invitation from the family to have an inside look!
The evenings often end with ground-mechanised fireworks (Catherine wheels) or sky fireworks display exploding individually into flowers of colour and shapes or else in a series of bombardment style loud petards.

For further information:
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Click here to view Calendar of Religious Feasts for 2010