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    Ernest Vella

Wasal il-Milied

by : Ernest Vella

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ISBN: 9789990919653
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Cover: paperback
Age: 13-18, adults
Publication Date : 2021
Page Count : 208
Meta l-ġurnalist Samwel Vella jintalab jikteb artiklu dwar il-Milied f’Malta, jiddeċiedi li jiktbu fuq il-presepju Malti. Imma meta jmur ikellem lil missieru u ommu dwar il-presepju li kien għamel nannuh Franġisk, jgħidulu nofs diskors, qishom qed iżommu milli jgħidulu xi ħaġa. U meta jibagħtuh għand ħabib ta’ nannuh, Karmenu, li kien jagħmel il-pasturi, il-mistoqsijiet flok jonqsu, jiżdiedu. Għaliex in-nannu Franġisk kien għamel irdum fil-presepju tiegħu? X’kien qiegħed jiġri sewwasew mill-pasturi fil-presepju tan-nannu? X’sehem kellhom fil-presepju tan-nannu, ir-Rieqed, l-Għaġeb, ix-Xabbatur u l-Adoratur? U fuq kollow il-Gawgaw, x’kellu x’jaqsam ma’ dan kollu? Ippreparaw ruħkom biex, flimkien ma’ Sam u Stefi, tiedħlu fi storja tal-Milied li teħodna fid-dinja msaħħra tal-pasturi tal-presepju Malti, imżewqa bi tradizzjoni, nostalġija u għożża għas-sengħa tal-pasturara.
Ernest Vella has had two passions since childhood: digging up the soil in the Aħrax tal-Mellieħa fields, and dreaming. The digging led him to graduate Masters in Archaeology where he studied the girna in the Maltese rural landscape. The dreams grew with him and drove him to painting and writing. At the turn of the century he had poems published in an anthology by Għaqda Poeti Maltin and Għaqda Letterarja. He also wrote playscripts for secondary school students. Ernest wrote various studies on Mellieħa archaeologija, and co-authored the book L-Arkeoloġija ta’ Malta as part of the Kullana Kulturali. He’s the first Maltese teacher to teach Archaeology in a secondary school, and in fact teaches Applied Archaeology - as well as Art - at Savio College.
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