This unearthed footage of the 1997 Easter Sunday festivities in Zejtun, shared to Facebook by Malta Audio Visual Memories, is giving us a nostalgic nod to traditional celebrations held in previous years.
The video shows the bells ringing as the band marches in front of the beautiful and glorious statue of the risen Christ.
27 years later, many villages including Zejtun still organise such processions every Sunday morning to celebrate the rise of Christ from the dead.
Many families and tourists alike flock to the streets to watch the statue parade all around the village. The statue bearers then go on to make the iconic run with the statue as they are returning back to the church.
Check out the footage and reminisce in the nostalgia below:
Hadd il-Ghid🇬🇧 Happy Easter 🐰🐣🌼 Footage taken of the Zejtun Band Club in 1997 marching to greet the statue of the Risen Christ on Easter Sunday. 🇲🇹 L-Għid it-Tajjeb 🐰🐣🌼 Filmat meħud fl-1997, tal-marċ brijjuż mill-banda taz-Żwieten f’Ħadd il-Għid, waqt li qegħdin jgħatu merħba mill-isbaħ lil-Kristu Rxoxt. 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆
Posted by Malta Audio Visual Memories on Thursday, 9 April 2020