When magical thinking meets reality: How Malta’s village festas confront the age of Instagram
**When magical thinking meets reality: How Malta’s village festas confront the age of Instagram** The brass band strikes up a triumphal march, confetti cannons explode over the church steps, and fifteen-year-old Mireille from Sliema lifts her iPhone to capture the moment. What she sees through her screen—an explosion of gold leaf, pyrotechnics and centuries-old statues—looks…