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Title: | Il-vara ta' Marija Annunzjata : 150 sena fost il-Balzanin |
Authors: | Bezzina, Carmel |
Keywords: | Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Processional statues -- Malta -- Balzan Dimech, Salvatore, 1805-1887. Marija Annunzjata (Balzan, Malta) Processional statues -- Malta -- Balzan Castagna, Pietru Pawl, 1827-1907 Pace Forno, Gaetano, Bishop of Malta, 1807-1874 Gafa, Melchiorre, 1636-1667. Our Lady of the Rosary (Balzan, Malta) Our Lady of the Rosary -- Processional statues -- Malta -- Balzan Parish Church of Annunciation (Balzan, Malta) |
Issue Date: | 2018-04-15 |
Publisher: | Union Print Co. |
Citation: | Bezzina, Carmel. (2018, April 15). Il-vara ta' Marija Annunzjata: 150 sena fost il-Balzanin. Torca, pp. 26-27. |
Abstract: | Fl-2018, il-Balzanin ikkommemoraw zewg anniversarji, il-150 sena mill-wasla tal-vara titulari ta’ Marija Annunzjata u t-350 sena mit-tqeghid tal-ewwel gebla tal-knisja parrokkjali. Kienet dahlet it-tradizzjoni fil-Maltin li kull parrocca jkollha l-vara titulari taghha, li tkun tista’ tingarr processjonalment nhar il-festa tal-qaddis patrun. Din it-tradizzjoni tmur lura ghas-seklu 17, izda lahqet il-quccata taghha fis-seklu 19 u baqghet niezla wkoll sa zmienna. L-eqdem vara processjonali li nsibu fil-knisja parrokkjali ta’ Hal Balzan hi dik tal-Madonna tar-Ruzarju. Il-Balzanin riedu vara titulari tal-parrocca taghhom iddedikata lit-Thabbira tal-Anglu Gabriel lil Marija. Fl-1864, Pasquale Muscat u Mario Borg ipprezentaw petizzjoni lill-Isqof Gaetano Pace Forno biex jitolbuh permess halli jkunu jistghu jordnaw statwa tal-Lunzjata. Huma tefghu ghajnejhom fuq Mastru Salv Dimech maghruf bhala ‘Is-Sarc.’ Il-vara kellha tkun b’zewg figuri, il-Vergni fuq naha quddiemha, l-Arkanglu Gabriel u vazun bil-gilju fin-nofs. Muscat u Borg fornu lill-iskultur bl-injam mehtieg u hu kellu juza gibs u kollha mhallta taht id-direzzjoni tal-induratur maghzul minnhom. Tradizzjonalment dejjem inzamm li l-vara tal-Lunzjata nhadmet fis-sena 1868 u din id-data hareg biha l-ewwel, Pietru Pawl Castagna, li kien kontemporanju mal-iskultur Salvu Dimech. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/34760 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCFAScu |
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