To win the Maltese game of Gostra you must successfully run to the end of a greasy pole and capture a flag! 🚩 | Culture Trip
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Welcome to the Ġostra, Malta’s iconic, slippery, and totally legendary tradition that’s been part of our village feasts for generations. Footage sent to Lovin Malta shows one fearless athlete sprinting up a greased wooden pole, clutching the last flag like a champ, before inevitably splashing straight into the sea at St Julian’s. The rules? Simple: run, grab, fall. The pole is lathered in grease, tilted over the sea, and the challenge is to snatch the flag before gravity does its thing. Most con
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