{"id":22603,"date":"2021-05-28T02:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.visitmalta.com\/a\/event-details\/2018-6\/feast-of-the-annunciation-11481\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T02:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:19:55","slug":"feast-of-the-annunciation-11481","status":"publish","type":"a","link":"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/en\/a\/event-details\/2018-6\/feast-of-the-annunciation-11481\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-article__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 text-center font-weight-bold\">                              Event Details<\/h2>\n<div id=\"dvArticle\">        <\/div>\n<div class=\"page-article__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 text-center font-weight-bold\">                      FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION<\/h2>\n<p>                      30\/05\/2018 &#8211; 03\/06\/2018                                         <\/p>\n<p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tarxien is an old village in the south of Malta, well known for the celebration of the Feast dedicated to Our Lady of Annunciation as well as for the UNESCO World Heritage Site<strong><em> &lsquo;Tarxien Temples&rsquo;<\/em><\/strong> built between 3600BC and 2500BC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you want to experience a traditional Maltese feast, come and visit the village of Tarxien during the days listed hereunder and enjoy the beauty of local ground and air fireworks, band marches, street decorations and the treasures found in the marvellous 17th Century Parish Church.<\/p>\n<h2>Programmme<\/h2>\n<h3>30th May<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9.00 p.m. &#8211; Instrumental and vocal concert organised by the village Band Club at Tarxien Square.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>28th , 29th May &amp; 31st May<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. &#8211; There will be local traditional band marches around the village of Tarxien.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1st June<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9.00 p.m. to 12.00 p.m. &#8211; A stunning band march will be accompanied by the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century Statue of an Angel representing the eradication of Nestorius wrong teaching about the Virgin Mary. The highlight of this band march will&nbsp;take place at the Village Square at 00.00hrs where the Statue of the Angel will be placed on the pre-eminent pedestal found at Village Square.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2nd June<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. &#8211; The magnificent Parish Church of Tarxien will be accessible for visitors to enjoy this beautiful religious building, its decorations and the Titular Statue of the Virgin Mary of Annunciation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>10.00 p.m.to 11.00 p.m. &#8211; On Saturday 2nd June, the St. Grabiel Fireworks (Tarxien) will be&nbsp;organising&nbsp;a pyrotechnic show at Tal-Barrani Road in Tarxien. The show will kick off with a traditional aerial fireworks display. This will include&nbsp;the letting off of various types of Maltese traditional firework types such as&nbsp;colour&nbsp;spheres, shapes, spiral crackers, single shot &amp; multi-break cracker shells and multi-break&nbsp;colour&nbsp;shells. On the occasion of the 20th&nbsp;Anniversary from the fireworks group&rsquo;s foundation, following the traditional display, there will be a pyro-musical show consisting of a fireworks display&nbsp;synchronised&nbsp;with different musical compositions. This pyro exhibition will be the first of its kind to be held in the village Tarxien. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/en\/event-details\/2018-06\/sky-full-of-stars-11802\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>11.30 p.m. to 12.30 p.m. &#8211; Ground fireworks display at Palm Street, Tarxien.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3rd June<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>6.45 p.m. &#8211; A procession with Statue of the Virgin Mary of Annunciation will start at the Parish Church of Tarxien. There will be a fireworks display at the end of the procession (around 11.00 p.m).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>  <\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more on Religious Feasts in Malta and Gozo, <a href=\"\/en\/..\/village-festas\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- end article text content -->    <!-- article images -->  <\/p>\n<div class=\"page-article__images\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">                  <img loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_ctl00_imgFull\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive-images\/img-13603.jpg\" alt=\"FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION\" height=\"360\" width=\"540\" border=\"0\" \/>                                           <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_ctl00_imgFullNS\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive-images\/img--16211827178087.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"540\" border=\"0\" \/>                                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- end article images -->    <!-- article information -->  <\/p>\n<div class=\"page-article__information\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"page-article__information__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h4>                                  Venue<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"mb-4\">                                  \u0126al Tarxien<\/h5>\n<address>                                  <strong>                                      <\/strong>                                                                    <br \/>                                  <strong>                                      <\/strong>                                                                    <br \/>                                  <strong>                                      <\/strong>                                                                  <\/address>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h4>                                  Organiser<\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"mb-4\">                                  The Church in Malta<\/h5>\n<address>                                  <strong>                                      Phone:<\/strong>                                  +356 21828153                                  <br \/>                                  <strong>                                      Email:<\/strong>                                  <a href=\"mailto:info@maltadiocese.org?subject=Contact The Church in Malta\">info@maltadiocese.org<\/a>                                  <br \/>                                  <strong>                                      Website:<\/strong>                                  <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchinmalta.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/thechurchinmalta.org<\/a>                              <\/address>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12\">                              <a id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_ctl00_lbViewOnMapPhrase\" class=\"btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary\">View On Map<\/a>                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- end article information -->                              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":22602,"template":"","class_list":["post-22603","a","type-a","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Event Details - Visit Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Event Details - Visit Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Event Details FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION 30\/05\/2018 &#8211; 03\/06\/2018 Tarxien is an old village in the south of Malta, well known for the celebration of the Feast dedicated to Our Lady of Annunciation as well as for the UNESCO World Heritage Site &lsquo;Tarxien Temples&rsquo; built between 3600BC and 2500BC. 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