Many of us are familiar with the water-sports held every year during the Xlendi Feast. The main event in the Gostra (greasy pole) where a flag is nailed to the end of a greased pole placed over the water with competitors attempting to walk across it and unhook the flag. It is not easy and definitely not for the faint hearted!
Other games include 'The Rope', canoe races, swimming and paddle boat races. The organisers also go round the bay in a boat throwing bottles of wine in the sea with many diving down to get their free bottle. I assure you (before anyone chips in with an expected comment) that all bottles are accounted for at the end of the day. The seabed is not littered in any way.
These yearly traditional games have been going on for a long time, anyone who hasn't visited or taken part should do so this Sunday 5 September from 3pm onwards.
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