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| The Nativity at night (click to enlarge) |
Two years ago, a Maltese artist was asked to create a nativity display in the Vatican square, which was displayed for an entire month, during the Christmas season. It features many Maltese characteristics, like a fishing boat, a sleeping farmer, the first Maltese saint, Fr George Preca with a few children, a typical Maltese balcony, a girna (a farmer’s hut), fishing and farming tools, besides the nativity characters.
There are 17 life-size statues, all made from fiber-glass to protect them from inclement weather. The artist is Manwel Grech, originally from Gozo, our sister island, and it took over a week to set the whole nativity which was created over 10 months. Last year it was displayed in Bethlehem, Jesus’ birthplace, and this year it is displayed in the capital city, Valletta. The life-size figures are quite realistic, and I share with you these 5 photos to picture this precious nativity.
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