Gostra 🏃💨 Climbing the Greasy Pole

Price range: €25 through €500

Il-Ġostra is a traditional game played in Malta where people climb up a greasy pole in order to grab a flag and win a prize. Dating back over 120 years, Gostra is celebrated each year towards the end of August in Saint Julians.

  • Downloadable image
  • Pixels: 8706 x 5208 (129 MP)
  • Image Size: 48 x 29 inches (180 ppi)
  • Format: Large-Format PDF (9 MB)
  • Price: €25

The pole is 10 meters long, and extends out over the sea from the jetty, with the upper half covered in grease. Each of the flags on the Gostra pole has a religious significance:

  • The blue and white flag of the Madonna
  • The yellow and white Vatican standard
  • The red and white flag of Malta
  • The Belgian tricolor representing the ancestral homeland of St. Julian

Each flag represents a special prize for whoever can reach it.

What you will get:

Downloadable medium-format PDF image scanned from Elena’s original oil painting. This is a medium-sized PDF, ideally suited for printing on canvas. A 2.75 inch (7 cm) ‘Museum style’ white margin is added to each side of the picture to allow for stretching/mounting. After completing the payment process, you will immediately receive a download link for your picture.

 

Purchase Options

The Original Oil Painting, Digital Download