St Mary Fireworks Factory - Ghaxaq

St Mary Fireworks Factory Ghaxaq
THE CONVOY 2010
1st Synchronised Display
14th August 2010

Fireworks display by the winners of the 2010 Malta International Fireworks Festival for the main feast of Hal Ghaxaq dedicated to the Assumption of our Lady.

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About St Mary Fireworks Factory - Għaxaq

The St Mary Fireworks Complex forms part of the Central Committee of St Mary Band Club Għaxaq AD 1873. The earliest complex was built in 1990 in another place in Għaxaq nearer to the centre of the same town but because of the rise of the town the complex couldn't work anymore because of the people safety, so the society found another place to build up another complex, the one they operate in these days.

All the members of the complex effort on a voluntary basis in order to observe the feast of the Assumption of St Mary, one of the most fashionable feasts in Malta held on the 15th of August. The pyrotechnic shows at Għaxaq start from the 9th August accomplishment their climax on the 15th. The annual impressive show is held on the 14th August starting at 21:00 hrs. The synchronized show consists of several barrages, spider webs, spherical shells and the traditional multi break cracker and color shells. As soon as the aerial fireworks show comes to an end, a ground display instantaneously starts. Most of these ground fireworks consist of huge mechanical works, including the traditional Catherine wheels varying in colors and effects accompanied by music and sometimes by visual shows.

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Fireworks Tradition in Malta

Fireworks Tradition in Malta has a lengthy ritual which goes back to the time of the Order of the Knights of St John. The solfarelli d’aria, the feu de joie, the musketterija, St Catherine’s wheels (irdieden) and other structures of fireworks originated from explosives that were lit off from mortars as an appearance of rejoicement on special circumstances, such as the appointment of a Grand Master or a Pope as well as on the birth of a prince. This centuries-old tradition is still very much alive in the crowded calendar of village fiestas that take situate all over Malta and Gozo.

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