Are you a sportsman?
Then try your luck at the
ġirja bil-patata fuq l-imgħarfa, kif ukoll il-ġirja gol-ixkora tal-patata
being held at the Qrendi festival tal-patata.
More details from the horse’s mouth, below.
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Festa Agrarja tal-Patata
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qrendi bil-kollaborazzjoni tal-Ministeru tal-Intern u l-Affarijiet Parlamentari u l-Awtorita’ Maltija għat-Turiżmu se jkun qed jorganizza l-Festival Agrarju tal-Patata.
Dan il-festival se jkun organizzat nhar il-Ħadd 27 ta’ Mejju 2012 mill-10am ‘il quddiem fil-Ġnien tal-Warda li jinsab biswit il-Ġnien tal-Kmandant mibni minn Sir Alexander Ball fil-bidu tas-seklu dsatax.
Dan il-Ġnien se jkun miftuħ għall-pubbliku u huwa ġnien importanti minħabba li l-Ingliżi kienu jesperimentaw bil-prodott tal-patata.
Flimkien ma’ esebizzjonijiet mill-istudenti tal-Iskola Primarja u ċ-Ċentru ta’ Riżorsa Helen Keller se jkun hemm ukoll it-tberik tal-annimali matul l-għodwa.
Apparti minn hekk se jkun hemm esebizzjoni ta’ diversi karozzi antiki mill-Old Motors Club li tibqa’ sejra sa kmieni wara nofsinhar. Id-Dipartiment tal-Agrikoltura’ flimkien mad-Dipartiment tal-Ħarsien mill-Mard tal-Pjanti se jkunu qegħdin jagħtu informazzjoni dwar il-prodott tal-patata, t-tipi differenti kif ukoll x’mard jista’ jolqot lil dan il-prodott u kif dan jista’ jiġi evitat.
Bdiewa Qrendin se jkunu qegħdin jesebixxu l-makkinarju li jintuża’ jew kien jintuża’ għaż-żriegħ u l-qliegħ tal-patata, kif tiġi ppakkeġjatha u kif tasal fi djarna mill-għelieqi tagħhom.
Wara nofsinhar se jkun hemm spettaklu provdut minn diversi skejjel taż-żfin, kant u żfin folkloristiku kif ukoll diversi kantanti lokali. Il-qofol jintlaħaq fis-6pm meta l-grupp popolari Airport Impressions se jdoqq unplugged, f’kunċert li se jieħu madwar siegħa.
Matul dan il-festival se jkun hemm ukoll żona għat-tfal b’animaturi u logħob differenti li għandu x’jaqsam mal-patata, bħall-ġirja bil-patata fuq l-imgħarfa, kif ukoll il-ġirja gol-ixkora tal-patata.
Żgur li f’Festival bħal dan ma jistax jonqos l-ikel. Is-Soċjetajiet Mużikali flimkien ma’ għaqdiet oħra tal-Qrendi se jkunu qegħdin itellgħu stalls ta’ ikel u ħelu kif ukoll se jkun hemm stabbiliment tal-ikel rinomat lokalment li se jkun qiegħed isajjar tipi differenti ta’ patata.
Apparti minn hekk se jkun hemm ukoll tazzi tal-inbid kommemorattivi ta’ dan il-Festival.
Grazzi tmur b’mod speċjali wkoll lis-Soċjeta’ Agrarja Maltija kif ukoll lis-Soċjeta’ tal-Ortikultura Maltija li kienu ta’ għajnuna siewja ħafna biex jitella’ dan il-Festival.
Nistednukom biex nhar il-Ħadd 27 ta’ Mejju taslu wasla sal-Ġnien tal-Warda, Il-Qrendi għall-ewwel Festival Agrarju tal-Patata li se jsir f’pajjiżna.
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“se jdoqq unplugged” should be “se jdoqq splaggjat”.
Mrs. Caruana Galizia what do you think of the Malta-Gozo tunnel from a geological perspective?
[Daphne – First you write in repeatedly to suggest that I’m arrogant enough to believe I know everything, and then you ask this? For crying out loud.]
‘logħob differenti li għandu x’jaqsam mal-patata….’
Who wrote this?
‘l-Ingliżi kienu jesperimentaw bil-prodott tal-patata….’
Oh dear.
. . . . . otherwise known as coprophagia. This proved to be the beginning of the end of Empire.
Oh – is that what it’s all about. I thought that the pick of the crop of the local talent was going to be on display at the Qrendi festivil tal-patata. Rather like the Cambridge Rear Of The Year competition.
I’ll have to make my excuses with the Kunsill.
Heqq – better than girja bil-patata barra, I guess.
Comment of the week.
Mur ara lil George Pullicino jigri bil-patata f’idu.
[Daphne – Strangely enough, it’s not the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.]
Joe Grima would love a challenge.
Ikollu kompetitur feroci jekk Joe Grima jfettillu jtellaqlu.
I did not get what’s wrong with this?
Cock a Doodle Doo.
Franco Debono is at it again.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Mifsud-Bonnici-motion-of-censure-Falzon-reports-demotivation-across-disciplined-corps-20120523
What we used to call ‘the sack race’ back at school?
No – a ‘sack race’ is totally different.
The more audacious would race with a chicken egg on a spoon and there was no ‘cheating’ once you drop the egg. A potato can always be picked up again, undamaged and the competitor is able continue with the race.
What struck me most was that there was no mention of any cock-fights. So that means that a very important and popular personality will probably not bother to attend.
Hemm xi hadd li ha jikkompeti bil-patata fil-qalziet ta’ taht plz?
We seem to be holding festivals and fieras every week.
These help in promoting our different villages which of course is something commendable and should be encouraged.
Unfortunately it also brings some envy in me for I keep on asking myself what fiera we can have to promote Sliema.
It won’t be nice showing our dirty streets, or the state of our pavements.
We could of course hold an exhibition of old tower cranes, which I am sure would attract collectors from abroad, but this would not be possible to hold in just one weekend owing to the large quantity we have.
After giving this a lot of consideration, I come to the conclusion that the only thing we have in abundance is what we have always been famous for, thus I suggest that we hold a Fiera tal-Igsma.
This Fiera should be under the auspices of the Minister of Rural affairs, for obvious reasons.