Ic-Cena tas-Sinjur

The Last Supper Exhibition in Nadur
by Pierre J. Mejlak

If you happen to be in Gozo during the Holy Week, you are cordially invited to visit the MUSEUM Centre in Nadur to see the Last Supper Exhibition. It has become an important annual event.

It was born in 1989 and all along the organizers tried to build up an original exhibition giving great care to minute details to create a replica and the biblical atmosphere prevailing in the upper room where our Lord had his Last Supper with his apostles. And every year the members of the Nadur MUSEUM branch try to build this upper room in new designs and structures though always faithful to Jewish culture and traditions.

Every visitor visitng this year's exhibition will be offered a small token with a religious message to help the visitor recollect our Lord's love for us all so abundantly shown during the Last Supper.

Besides the biblical aspect of the exhibition the visitor will also be regaled with the life size figures of Jesus and the apostles - all work created by a young Nadur artist - James Azzopardi. It is the first and only Last Supper exhibition with life size figures in Gozo.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Palm Sunday at 0930 CET.

Spare a few moments and visit this Last Supper Exhibition. We sincerely hope that the atmosphere prevailing in this replica of the upper room in Jerusalem will help you relive the mystical moments when our Lord manifested His unlimited, unreserved and bountiful love for us all.

Ic-Cena tas-Sinjur

Wahda mill-wirjiet li l-aktar tigbed nies fil-gzira Ghawdxija hi bla dubju ta' xejn "Ic-Cena tas-Sinjur" li turi l-ahhar ikla tal-Mulej mal-appostli f'Hamis ix-Xirka. Ic-Cena tas-Sinjur Gesu' - maghrufa ahjar bhala l-Mejda ta' l-Appostli ilha issa ssir ghal dawn l-ahhar 11-il sena. Meta ssawret ghall-ewwel darba fl-1989, ghalkemm nieqsa minn bosta dettalji intghogbot hafna minn dawk li gew izuruha u l-organizzaturi imtlew b'kuragg u deteminazzjoni biex din il-Wirja terga' ssir. Minn sena ghall-ohra din il-Mejda ta' l-Appostli bdiet tikber, kemm fit-tiswir kif ukoll fil-popolarita' tant li llum hija wahda mill-aktar wirjiet mfittxija gewwa Ghawdex.

Erba snin ilu l-organizzaturi meddew pass iehor importanti - dik li jsiru statwi life size ta' l-Appostli flimkien ma' dik ta' Kristu. Fl-1998 izzanznet l-istatwa ta' Kristu - xoghol ta' l-artist zaghzugh naduri James Azzopardi. Is-sena ta' wara zzanznu 4 statwi ohra - dawk ta' San Pietru, San Gwann, San Gakbu u dik ta' Guda - kollha xoghol ta' James Azzopardi. Illum wiehed jista jgawdi l-istatwi kollha, kollha imhallsa minn benefatturi.

Wahda mill-karatteristici importanti ta' din il-Mejda ta' l-Apposti huwa l-ambjent Lhudi li jinholoq madwar din il-Mejda. Ta' kull sena is-setup ta' l-ghorfa ta' Gerusalemm jinbidel fuq pjanta li tithejja apposta. Dan isir permezz ta' armar li jikkonsisti fi struttrui tal-hadid, injam, jablo u materjal iehor u dan kollu jghin biex jinholoq ambjent tipiku Lhudi tant li min jidhol fis-sala ihossu qed jinqata' mill-prezent biex ghal ftit tal-hin jghix il-mumenti tat-twaqqif ta' l-Ewkaristija.

Preparazzjoni: Ix-xoghol fuq Ic-Cena tas-Sinjur jibda minn disa' gimghat qabel. Fost ix-xoghol li jsir kollu mill-membri u zaghzagh tal-MUSEUM Nadur ikun hemm dak marbut mal-palk, injam u dak tad-dawl, u xenarju, u effetti specjali. Dan ix-xoghol kollu jitlesta sabiex din tinfetah ufficjalment nhar Hadd il-Palm fil-ghodu u tibqa' miftuha sa Sibt il-Ghid.