STORY: Carnival celebrations in Valletta, Malta
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:21
LOCATION: Valletta
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of people celebrating carnival

STORYLINE:

The historic city of Valletta has become a colorful and musical heaven with marching bands, street performers and dancers as Malta celebrates the carnival from Feb. 9 to 13.

Main events began on Saturday, focusing on the children's carnival, with a competitive dance show, at the St George's Square, followed by competitions for adults. A parade of floats and grotesque masks will run throughout the remaining days of the carnival, with a climax on Tuesday during the grand finale.

Carnival enthusiasts start preparing for the carnival from the previous year's event, developing a concept for the floats they are to prepare as well as colorful, elaborate costumes they need to create.

Carnival has had an important place on the Maltese cultural calendar for just under five centuries, having been celebrated since at least the mid-15th century.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Valletta.
(XHTV)