{"id":559,"date":"2015-01-04T21:37:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandasanfilep.com.mt\/TestSite\/?page_id=559"},"modified":"2025-11-08T08:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T08:14:49","slug":"st-philip-fireworks-factory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/st-philip-fireworks-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Philip Fireworks Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fl-1851 twaqqfet il-Banda di San Filippo u ftit wara kienet organizzata s-so\u010bjet\u00e0 tag\u0127ha biex ta\u0127dem \u0127alli \u0121\u0121ib \u2018il quddiem kemm din il-banda kif ukoll il-festa tal-Qaddis Patrun San Filep. Ma din il-festa kiber ukoll ix-xog\u0127ol tan-nar.<\/p>\n

L-ewwel log\u0127ob tan-nar f\u2019\u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 imur lura almenu sal-1691. Imma f\u2019nofs is-sekli dsatax il- manifattura tal-log\u0127ob tan-nar g\u0127amel passi kbar \u2018il quddiem bi \u017cjieda fin-numru ta\u2019 nies tas-seng\u0127a \u017bebbu\u0121in li baqg\u0127u mag\u0127rufa g\u0127al \u0127ilithom f\u2019dan il-mistier. Dak i\u017c-\u017cmien ma kienx hemm regolamenti u n-nar kien jin\u0127adem fi kmamar \u017cg\u0127ar imferrxa qalb ir-raba.<\/p>\n

\"Il-Grupp<\/a>
Il-Grupp tan-nar tal-1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L-G\u0127aqda Ka\u017cin Banda San Filep ilha \u0127afna tinkora\u0121\u0121ixxi l-log\u0127ob tan-nar g\u0127all-festa. L-eqdem dokument imur lura g\u0127at-2 ta\u2019 Novembru 1914. Bil-g\u0127ajnuna tal-parro\u010b\u010ba infet\u0127et l-ewwel fabbrika tan-nar fl-1921 fl-in\u0127awi tal-Kandlora ta\u0127t l-isem tas-St. Philip Fireworks Factory li kellha wkoll il-permessi kollha tal-pulizija skont ir-regolamenti ta\u2019 dak i\u017c-\u017cmien.<\/p>\n

G\u0127all-g\u0127arrieda nhar is-7 t\u2019April 1955, li kien \u0126amis ix-Xirka, din il-fabbrika splodiet. F\u2019din it-tra\u0121edja mietu erba\u2019 membri: John Mary Farrugia, Anthony Debono, Philip Cassar u Philip Xuereb. Min\u0127abba f\u2019hekk dik is-sena l-festa ta\u2019 San Filep t\u0127assret. Il-kamra tan-nar re\u0121g\u0127et inbniet u x-xog\u0127ol tan-nar mhux biss kompla imma \u017cdied kemm fil- kwalit\u00e0 u kemm fil- kwantit\u00e0 peress li \u017cdied in-numru ta\u2019 arti\u0121\u0121jani tan-nar.<\/p>\n

L-u\u017cu ta\u2019 din il-kamra kellu jieqaf fl-1982 meta l-pulizija waqqfu l-permess min\u0127abba li l-bini ta\u2019 djar residenzjali li kien qorob lejha. G\u0127alhekk fabbrika o\u0127ra ma dametx ma nbniet fl-in\u0127awi mag\u0127rufa b\u0127ala tal-Qriedi u b\u2019hekk il-manifattura tan-nar tkompliet ming\u0127ajr waqfien.<\/p>\n

\"L-A\u0127\u0127ar<\/a>
L-A\u0127\u0127ar tisliema lill-Erbg\u0127a vitmi li \u0127allew \u0127ajjithom fl-in\u010bident tal-1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nhar is-26 ta\u2019 Mejju 1990 fil-\u0127emda tal-lejl din il-fabbrika re\u0121g\u0127et splodiet, ftit \u0121img\u0127at biss qabel il-festa! Ir-Ra\u0127al the\u017c\u017ce\u017c b\u2019din l-isplu\u017cjoni misterju\u017ca u xejn mistennija li qerdet il-binja kollha u li g\u0127alhekk kellha ter\u0121a tinbena mill-\u0121did. \u0126add ma we\u0121g\u0127a g\u0127ax dak il-\u0127in ma kien hemm \u0127add \u0121ol-fabbrika. \u017bew\u0121 xhieda kienu raw persuna twaddab materjal jaqbad minn fuq i\u010b-\u010bint tal-fabbrika ftit qabel ma nstemg\u0127et l-ewwel splu\u017cjoni \u017cg\u0127ira li wara kka\u0121unat l-isplu\u017cjonijiet ikbar. In\u010bident ie\u0127or se\u0127\u0127 fil-25 t\u2019Awwissu 1992 u fih tilef \u0127ajtu Gejtu Grima.<\/p>\n

\"Gejtu<\/a>
Gejtu Grima li \u0127allha \u0127ajtu fl-in\u010bident tal-1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fl-1997 l-amministrazzjoni tas-St. Philip Fireworks Factory \u0121iet ri-organizzata kompletament u saru regulanenti nterni \u0121odda. B\u2019ri\u017cultat ta\u2019 dan ix-xog\u0127ol f\u2019din il- fabbrika beda jin\u0127adem biss g\u0127all-festa ta\u2019 San Filep u kollu fuq ba\u017ci volontarja. Fl-2002 il-kumpless \u0121ie mkabbar u \u017cdiedu l-mi\u017curi tal-\u0127arsien tas-sa\u0127\u0127a u sigurt\u00e0 g\u0127al dawk li ja\u0127dmu hemm. Statut \u0121did tal-G\u0127aqda Ka\u017cin Banda San Filep AD 1851 li kien approvat fit-3 ta\u2019 Di\u010bembru 2006, irrikonoxxa uffi\u010bjalment il-parte\u010bipazzjoni tas-St. Philip Fireworks Factory b\u0127ala parti ntegrali minn din is-So\u010bjet\u00e0.<\/p>\n

Illum in-numru ta\u2019 dawk li\u010benzjati li ja\u0127dmu f\u2019din il-fabbrika jaqbe\u017c il-\u0127amsin u l-wirjiet spettakulari tan-nar tal-art u ta\u2019 l-ajru li joffru kull sena fil-festa ta\u2019 San Filep saru fost l-aqwa fil-kalendarju tal-festi Maltin.<\/p>\n

\"Nar<\/a>
Nar ma\u0127dum mis-St. Philip Fireworks Factory fl-2002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kitba ta’ Dr Godfrey Farrugia \u00a9<\/p>\n

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Fl-1851 twaqqfet il-Banda di San Filippo u ftit wara kienet organizzata s-so\u010bjet\u00e0 tag\u0127ha biex ta\u0127dem \u0127alli \u0121\u0121ib \u2018il quddiem kemm din il-banda kif ukoll il-festa tal-Qaddis Patrun San Filep. Ma din il-festa kiber ukoll ix-xog\u0127ol tan-nar. L-ewwel log\u0127ob tan-nar f\u2019\u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 imur lura almenu sal-1691. Imma f\u2019nofs is-sekli dsatax il- manifattura tal-log\u0127ob tan-nar g\u0127amel passi kbar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-559","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6474,"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/559\/revisions\/6474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandasanfilep.com.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}