ʻO Carnival kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina mōʻaukala kahiko loa ma Malta a me Gozo, me ʻelima mau kenekulia o ka moʻolelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a kākau ʻia e pili ana i ka Knights 'o St John's occupancy ma Malta. ʻO kēia makahiki ʻo Carnival Week ma Malta e mālama ʻia ma Pepeluali 21-25, 2020. ʻO kēia hoʻolauleʻa ʻelima mau lā ʻaʻole i kanalua kekahi o nā hanana ʻoniʻoni loa i nā kalena Maltese a me Gozitan. Ma mua o Christian Lent, hāʻawi ʻo Carnival i ʻelima mau lā leʻaleʻa me ka poʻe hele Carnival e ʻaʻahu ana i nā lole waihoʻoluʻu a uhi i ko lākou mau maka me nā maka.
Hana ʻia ka puʻuwai o ka hana ma Valletta, ke kapikala ʻo Malta, kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site a me ka European Capital of Culture 2018. Hoʻomaka ka hauʻoli me ka huakaʻi o nā lana kala ʻulaʻula a hoʻonui ʻia e nā keiki he nui e holo a puni i nā lole nani. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana ma ke kikowaena pō nui o Malta, ʻo Paceville, e hopu ana i ka poʻe Carnival-goers i ka pō e hoʻopaʻa nei i loko o nā hui a me nā kaola, e ʻaʻahu mau ana i ko lākou mau lole hoʻowahāwahā.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ka poʻe malihini e haʻalele i nā hoʻolauleʻa waihoʻoluʻu e hana ʻia ana ma nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole a me nā kauhale ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka mokupuni, aia kēlā me kēia me kā lākou ʻano hoʻolauleʻa. No ka wehewehe kikoʻī, hiki i nā mea hele Carnival ke kipa iā Nadur, Gozo, kahi e hana ai ʻo Carnival i kahi ʻano macabre a ʻakaʻaka.
Pili loa ʻo Carnival me ka moʻolelo ʻo Maltese. Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ia ma Malta mai ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā Naita o St. ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēia lā.
No ka mea, 'ike hou aku Bus maanei.
ʻO nā mokupuni lā o Malta, ma waenakonu o ke Kai Kaiwaenahonua, kahi home o kahi hoʻoilina kupaianaha nui loa o nā hoʻoilina paʻa paʻa, me ke kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe o UNESCO World Heritage Site ma nā aupuni āpau i nā wahi āpau. ʻO Valletta i kūkulu ʻia e nā naita haʻaheo o St. John kekahi o nā pūnaewele UNESCO a ʻo ia ke kapikala ʻEulopa o ka moʻomeheu no ka makahiki 2018. ʻO ko Malia noho aupuni ʻana i nā pōhaku mai nā papa pōhaku kūʻokoʻa kahiko loa o ka honua, a i kekahi o ko ka Emepela Pelekane ʻoi loa. ʻōnaehana pale kaua formidable, a pākuʻi ʻia i ka huikau momona o ka hoʻolālā kūloko, haipule a me ka pūʻali koa mai ka wā kahiko, waena a me nā wā kahiko. Me ke anilā lā, nā kahakai maikaʻi, kahi nohona e ulu ana a me 7,000 mau makahiki o ka mōʻaukala hoihoi, aia kahi mea nui e ʻike a hana ai. ʻO nā nūhou hou aʻe e pili ana iā Malta.
Lawe ʻia nā kala a me nā ʻono a Gozo e nā lani ʻōlinolino ma luna ona a me ke kai polū e hoʻopuni ana i kona kahakai kahaha, ke kali wale nei e ʻike ʻia. Hoʻopili ʻia i loko o nā kaʻao, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Gozo ka mokupuni moʻolelo o Calypso no Homys Odyssey - kahi wai maluhia a me ka hoʻi o mystical. ʻO nā halepule ʻo Baroque a me nā hale mahiʻai pōhaku kahiko i kū i ke kaona. Ke kali nei ka ʻāina kolohe ʻo Gozo a me kahakai kahakai i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana me kekahi o nā wahi luʻu maikaʻi loa o ke Kaiwaenahonua.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
- 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.
- Carnival is one of the oldest historical festivals in both Malta and Gozo, with five centuries of credited and documented history dating back to the Knights' of St John's occupancy in Malta.
