{"id":33860,"date":"2025-02-03T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=33860"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:07:21","slug":"il-mixghela-tal-gimgha-l-kbira","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/il-mixghela-tal-gimgha-l-kbira\/","title":{"rendered":"Il-Mixg\u0127ela tal-\u0120img\u0127a l-Kbira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St George\u2019s Square in Valletta is transformed with hundreds of fire bowls creating a powerful Good Friday installation during Holy Week. This immersive experience invites both residents and visitors to reflect, as the flickering flames turn the square into a poignant focal point, blending tradition and spectacle in Malta\u2019s capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8CL0WCmSw0?si=B1yxK_mfyPxtKI7e\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St George\u2019s Square in Valletta comes alive during Holy Week with an installation of hundreds of fire bowls. 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