Yesterday, the Christian world – at least Malta - celebrated the feast of the Holy Virgin under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows. The feast comes a week before Good Friday and Malta is foremost in celebrating this feast. In the evening many parishes around the islands organise processions with the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows and many islanders follow the processions joining in the prayers.
I was there too in San Gwann but I took this close-up shot from one of the life-size statues I captured a couple of days ago when I went on purpose to Mosta to take some pictures of statues related to the passion of Christ. I mean to post the best of them during the coming days on the occasion of Holy Week.
I apologise if I offend the feelings of 365 followers who practice other faith but my intention is to show the masterful artistry of these papier mache works and the culture of our people who today remain very faithful to their religion.
Many thanks for looking and for your lovely comments on yesterday’s picture.
Lovely capture of the artistry Dione. I look forward to seeing more. One of the nice things about 365 is that you can post pictures that involve art and faith and your viewers understand that it is a snapshot of your life. Although I am a devout person, I am not offended by someone who posts a picture of their beliefs though they may differ from mine. It helps me to see how they view their spiritual side. If what I see is offensive (rare, and often not involving faith at all, usually it's gratuitous self promotion), I just go on to the next picture. But as I said it's very rare here. Ross et. al are great in screening the site to keep it appropriate. Anyway- this is very beautiful and I found it very interesting to learn how you approach Holy Week. I'm looking forward to our church service tomorrow with all the children waving palm branches.
Beautiful shot of this statue, Dione! It does NOT offend me at all! You go right ahead! You have my support! I really like the information you give us to go with your shots, too! It's interesting and fascinating to say the very least, and it teaches me things I never knew about.
