MALTA - Dingli: Agriculture & Traditions Festival 2011

We visited Dingli Village for its annual Agriculture and Traditions Festival which was held on Sunday, May 15 and recorded some video footage. The beautiful event was organised by the Dingli Local Council.This video contains some activities that we had attended to. It was a fun filled day with interesting and educational activities.

The activities begun from 7.00am till 6.00pm. The proposed event/festival showcased what this village has to offer in terms of agriculture and traditions.

Exhibition of sheep and goats - traditional way of sheep & goats milking, sheep shearing, demonstration of fresh Maltese cheeselets making, re-enactment of the pre war picnic performed by the Ghaqda Talent Dingli, homemade wine competition, eco tours, pony rides, falcons displays, homemade wine competition, displays of fruit & vegetables, local crafts, traditional Maltese food, traditional farm/wine tools, traditional Maltese games and Dingli Scouts Band March amongst all. The sound system was very professionally engineered and arranged for this open-air event. The technicians certainly had done a great job on it. The Mnarja Folk of Nadur Gozo performed magnificently and so did the Ta' Seguna Band from Sannat.

Brief info about Dingli:
Dingli (or Had-Dingli) is a village on the west coast of Malta, with a population of 3,326 persons (Nov 2005), 13 kilometers from the capital Valletta and two kilometers from the nearest city, Rabat.

The village lies on a plateau some 250 metres above sea level, which is the highest point of Malta. The area provides not only open sea views over the tiny, uninhabited isle of Filfla, but also an excellent vantage point over Malta.

From the cliffs there are views inland of nearby Buskett Gardens and Verdala Palace. The countryside here is ideal for walking.

Maltese Music performed by Mark & Denise Vella of Zabbar Village, Malta.

*A note of thanks to Mark & Denise for giving us permission to use their beautiful music for this video.

Video footage & editing by Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech
Produced by Alfred & Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech, Mosta, Malta

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[w1949]

Fantastic sharing Agriculture & Proud Traditions Festival 2011

Thank you very much as I was visiting

Have a nice day

Greetings

Tom

[JasAlf5959]

@w1949 You're most welcome Tom. Thank you indeed for the comment and compliments. Glad that you enjoyed the video presentation.

Have a wonderful day too, Tom.

Warm regards from Malta,

Jasmine

[XxXtatsisXxX]

be visiting malta soon my friend !!

chris

[JasAlf5959]

@XxXtatsisXxX Hey.. that's wonderful. Hope your stay in Malta is filled with many pleasant surprises.

Cheers,

Jasmine

[amarcordeon]

Very interesting video about this extraordinary festival and the Malta's traditions.

I appreciate so much the images y also the groups folk

Amazing produits of agricolture

Congratulations Jasmine and Alfred for this video well done

******

Lillo

[JasAlf5959]

@amarcordeon Grazie mille amico for the wonderful comments and compliments. We are so pleased that you enjoyed this video presentation. We had a wonderful visit at the awesome festival. We enjoyed every minute of it.

Warm regards from Malta,

Jasmine & Alfred

[JasAlf5959]

@lichiarenz Ti ringrazio Fabrizio. Glad you enjoyed the presentation. These festivals are very interesting and educational. Cheers, Jasmine

[lichiarenz]

Ho apprezzato e osservato con grande interesse questo tradizionale festival di Malta.

Bellissima presentazione di questi usi agricoli e di meravigliose tradizioni

Fantastiche musiche del folklore!

Grazie Jasmine for sharing

5******

Fabrizio

[JasAlf5959]

@Rhawneld57 Thanks Ron. Much appreciated. The food was taken care of by the Dingli Scouts. The chicken meal was cooked in herbs & sauce. Yummy! The price was good and we had too much to eat, no room for the Strawberry Crepe :)) The beauty of the localtion,Dingli Cliffs, made us stayed much longer at the festival. There was also the eco-tour of Dingli and many more interesting activities. The hawks display inspired me to use Volare. Love that song. Cheers, Jasmine.

[JasAlf5959]

@Rhawneld57 Thanks so much Ron for the comment and compliments. Malta is filled with many interesting festivities. There are some 60 of them organised by various towns and villages and also at natinal level throughout the year. Besides that, there are the Open-Day to various places of interest such as old palaces, medieval chapels, talks/lectures about the heritage, history and so forth. Warm regards from Malta, Jasmine.