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  1. shinichi Post author

    Malta, la gara del palo cosparso di grasso

    La “gostra” è una competizione tradizionale maltese che si svolge tutti gli anni durante la festa di San Giuliano, patrono dell’omonima cittadina. Lo scopo del gioco è riuscire a percorrere un palo ricoperto di grasso e sospeso sull’acqua mediante una chiatta, agguantando le bandiere poste sulla sua sommità. Evidentemente tra le risate generali, visto che la maggior parte dei tentativi termina con un tuffo.

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  2. shinichi Post author

    Photos of the week

    Reuters

    http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTX1320C#a=10

    A man runs up the “gostra”, a pole covered in grease, during the religious feast of St Julian, patron of the town of St Julian’s, outside Valletta August 25, 2013. In the traditional “gostra”, a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top and try to uproot one of the flags to win prizes. From May to September in Malta, there is hardly any weekend when a town or a village is not celebrating the feast of its patron saint or other saints revered in different churches.

    REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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