It’s called the gostra and it’s for a festival commemorating a patron saint in Malta.
There's a festival in Malta where men run up a greased-up pole to snatch flags.
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The pole is called a "gostra."
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It's part of a religious feast for St Julian, who is the patron of the town for St Julian's, outside Valletta, the capital of Malta.
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The sport dates back to the Middle Ages.
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