No ka manawa mua loa, ua lanakila ka hui ʻAmelika, ʻo Rozzi Fireworks mai Cincinnati, Ohio, i kahi mua ma ka Malta International Fireworks Festival. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka 17th edition o ka Festival me kahi hōʻikeʻike kupaianaha ma Grand Harbor, Valletta, i ka Pōʻakahi, ʻApelila 30, i ukali ʻia i nā pō i hala ma Gozo a me Marsaxlokk.

ʻO Rossi Fireworks, he hui puhi ahi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka ʻohana, ua hana ʻia mai ka makahiki 1895. ʻElima mau hanauna o Rossi i hoʻokele i ka ʻoihana, lawe mai ia mai kona hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana ma Italia Hema, a hiki i Cincinnati i ka makahiki 1930 kahi i noho ai.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hanana ma Valletta me kahi ʻaha mele, kahi i hoʻokani ola ʻia ai kahi hui keleawe a me nā mea hīmeni ma ke kahua lana, i ukali pū ʻia me nā mea puhi ahi maʻamau o Maltese. Pīhoihoi ʻia ka lehulehu e kahi hōʻike pyro-musical hōʻikeʻike ʻia e Pyroemotions. Ua hoʻokani ka poʻe mele i kahi medley o nā mele Maltese me nā mele kaulana e nā mea pena like ʻole me Avicii i hala. Ua hui pū ʻia kēia mau mea a pau me ke ahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ke awa, i hopena i kahi hiʻohiʻona poina ʻole.

Hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻomaka ka Malta International Fireworks Festival ma ke ʻano he hoʻolauleʻa no ka ʻae ʻana o Malta i ka European Union. Mai ia manawa, ua lilo ka ʻahaʻaina i hoʻolauleʻa makahiki me nā poʻe e hele mai ana mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e hōʻike i kā lākou mau hōʻike pyrotechnic. I kēia makahiki, he 4 mau hui puhi ahi i hoʻokūkū, me nā poʻe komo mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, United Kingdom, Italia, a me Malta.

Wahi a Michelle Buttigieg, ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, "Ua ʻike ʻo Malta i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi mai US a me Kanada i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei a ʻo kekahi o nā mea hoʻokipa ʻo kā mākou mau ʻoliʻoli ʻoliʻoli e hana nei a puni. ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka Malta International Fireworks Festival kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa, no ka mea, ʻo nā wahi ʻekolu - Gozo, Marsaxlokk a me Valletta - hāʻawi i nā ʻano ʻano kupaianaha.

ʻO nā mokupuni lā o Malta, ma waenakonu o ke Kai Mediterranean, he home ia i kahi ʻike kupaianaha o ka hoʻoilina i kūkulu ʻia, me ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o UNESCO World Heritage Sites i kēlā me kēia lāhui-mokuʻāina ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO Valletta i kūkulu ʻia e nā Naita haʻaheo o St. John kekahi o nā mākaʻikaʻi UNESCO a me ka European Capital of Culture no 2018. ʻO ka moʻomeheu Malta ma nā papa pōhaku mai ka hale kūkulu pōhaku kūʻokoʻa kahiko loa i ka honua, a i kekahi o nā mea weliweli loa o ka British Empire. nā ʻōnaehana pale, a me ka hui pū ʻana o ka hale, ka hoʻomana a me ka hoʻolālā koa mai ka wā kahiko, medieval a me ka wā kahiko. Me ka lā maikaʻi loa, nā kahakai maikaʻi, kahi ola pō maikaʻi a me 7,000 mau makahiki o ka moʻolelo hoihoi, nui nā mea e ʻike a hana ai. No ka 'ike hou aku, Bus maanei.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

ʻO nā mokupuni lā o Malta, ma waenakonu o ke Kai Mediterranean, he home ia i kahi ʻano kupaianaha o ka hoʻoilina i kūkulu ʻia, me ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o nā UNESCO World Heritage Sites i kēlā me kēia lāhui-mokuʻāina ma nā wahi āpau.
ʻO ka hoʻoilina o Malta ma ka pōhaku mai ka hale kiʻi pōhaku kūʻokoʻa kahiko loa i ka honua, a i kekahi o nā ʻōnaehana pale weliweli loa o ka Emepera Pelekania, a loaʻa i kahi hui waiwai o ka hale, ka hoʻomana a me ka hoʻolālā koa mai ka wā kahiko, medieval a me ka wā kahiko.
The 17th edition of the Festival ended with a spectacular show at the Grand Harbor, Valletta, on Monday, April 30, which followed previous nights in Gozo and Marsaxlokk.