Feature: Malta preserves sea salt harvesting tradition

VALLETTA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Alfred Attard was still young when he started assisting his father-in-law in the collection of sea salt from salt pans. They worked together at the seaside village of Xwejni in Gozo, an island that forms part of the archipelago of Malta.

Forty-five years later and with his father-in-law already gone, he still bears the same passion for the traditional craft, saying he could not see himself doing it any other way.