They’ve got yet another story out of that man’s fall into a well
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November 9, 2014 at 6:02pm
But at least this time it’s on page 6. He got almost as much coverage as those local boys who climbed Mount Everest. What’s with the fascination? Do wells play some kind of deep-seated mythic role in the Maltese subconscious?
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Maybe it’s the same fascination that produced the ‘Bir tas-skieken’ at the Inquisitor’s Palace in the Maltese collective imagination.
Being saved from a well is akin to a ritual resurrection ceremony that is practiced by certain secret societies.
Yes, wells are well instilled into the Malaise psyche. Falling into wells, by accident or intentionally, is a deep-rooted fobia. As a child, i heard of so many stories that involve wells and villagers who died by falling into wells. It must have been a common suicide option, in particular for women, in the rural areas.
All these suicides were classified as accidents.
The infamous Maltese well-dwelling monster that is known as the “bellia” pull them into the well and caused their death.
Well, he certainly got more coverage than the Leisure Clothing saga.
Strange indeed. You’d think if any people were used to living in a closed, dark (in the sense of dark humour, but actually very real), humid, stuffy hole from which there is no escape — even if you move to Alaska where it will still find you somehow — it is the Maltese, Malta of course being the proverbial well.
Actually, maybe I have just found the answer.
What is probably the fascination is that he was saved thanks to ‘man’s best friend’. It’s the kind of cliché I expect someone to come up with, sooner or later.
Fascination with wells has no boundaries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo
Ever heard of il-Belliegha?
And what about tenor Joseph Calleja’s incessant presence on Times of Malta…what’s behind it?
He wants his 13 year old Pajero back.
With the earnings of a single night singing opera, he can probably buy more than one Pajero.. So why is he making all this fuss?
During Labour’s golden years, wells were used to cover up evidence of corrupt practices in the issue of building permits.
The Times should treat this case as one where ‘all’s well that ends well,’ and move on to another subject.
More “man in well” stories from the international front.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/man-survives-six-metre-plunge-into-well-north-of-toronto-1.2829283