FTX - 627 - Pizzi - Pizzi - Kanda
Carnival
Bands & Games from Malta & Gozo
Father Damian Webb visited Gozo in 1971 and recorded a few games from children
in the streets of Xaghra and Rabat, Victoria as well as the music of the carnival
bands at the end of July. His modest collection provides an interesting mixture
of origins and languages, some idigenous, some English and some a mixture. Listeners
are directed to the local publications of Joseph Cassar Pullicino for Ghagda
tal-Malti (Maltese Language Society) in 1948 and Anton F.Attard's 1969 description
of more than 100 games explained in detail for both folklorists and teachers.
PIZZI PIZZI KANDA - IT TIGHIEGA L-GHAMJA (The Blind Hen) skipping
- IL QUATTUS U L-GURDIEN (A game of catch) - . LILANDA or OLANDA
(The Hollander) - JUNA TIFLA (Dance for five in cross formation - see
#11) - ONE, TWO, THREE, (SHOEMAKER) - THE SOUND OF MUSIC adapted
as a game by the children - ANGIA ANGELLA or BOBB BOBB IL-BIEB -
ORANGES AND LEMONS - IL-KAPELL (The Hat) - JIENA TIFLA CKEJKNA
(Dance for five) - IL BALLUN (The Ball) - I CANNOT COME ("The
Wedding Banquet" by Sr Miriam Winter adapted by the children) - ORANGES
AND LEMONS (Short version and tug-of-war) - BOBB BOBB IL-BIEB - WALLFLOWERS
- XIH U XIHA (Old Man & Oild Woman) - I'M SHIRLEY TEMPLE -
THE BIG SHIP SAILS - WE'LL BE HAPPY DUTCH CHILDREN - L'UNNU
MALTI (National Anthem) - TIFLA ILTIMA (An Orphan Girl) - Local
Carnival Band - LA STELLA Band playing at QALA FESTA
