Nun of that!

Two 'nuns' drew the attention of the police during the Carnival finale at St Anne Street, Floriana, yesterday.

The law does not allow people to wear "any ecclesiastical habits or vestments" without permission as this constitutes offending public order. The law also prohibits the use of words or gestures that vilify the Roman Catholic Church.

Last year, during the Nadur Carnival, scores of revellers dressed up as priests and nuns.

A 26-year-old was given a one month jail term suspended for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to dressing up as Jesus Christ during the carnival celebrations.

Six people who dressed as nuns were acquitted after the court found the simple fact of dressing up as a nun, even if at carnival time, did not, on its own, amount to vilification.

Picture taken by David Farrugia at 9.30 p.m.

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