A bust of Christ in a niche beside the front door of a Maltese home. Such niches are a common architectural feature on the island.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
A Maltese bus inscribed with a bit of local driving philosophy.
The old bus fleet—average age of a coach: 35 years—was recently retired, replaced by new buses made in China and operated by a German company. Click here for a gallery of photographs of the antique buses, which were owned and operated by their Maltese drivers.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
A Maltese street decked out with banners for Easter.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
A brass band plays during the Easter celebration in the Three Cities.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
An effigy of Christ before his Easter Sunday sprint down the streets of Cospicua.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
The effigy of Christ after his Easter Sunday sprint down the streets of Cospicua.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
A cross made up of candles in the streets of Cospicua.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
A can of Malta’s domestic beer, Cisk
(Pronounced chisk.)
Photograph by John Swansburg.
Confetti lines the streets of Cospicua in the wake of its Easter procession.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
Residents of the Three Cities visit a bar after the Easter procession.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
One more pop before the holiday is over.
Photograph by Happy Menocal.
The exterior of the Church of the Assumption of our Lady, better known as the Mosta Dome.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
The Mosta dome, interior.
Photograph by John Swansburg.
A replica of the Luftwaffe bomb that pierced the Mosta dome but failed to detonate, sparing the church and its parishioners.
