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Albanian Culture and Traditions
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Albanian culture and traditions
An overview of our great traditions and culture which has been passed by for centuries.
Our traditions that we use nowdays are mostly passed by other countries which we used to be occupied from.
But our most authentic culture is the one that left Albania many centuries ago ARBRESHET.
Culture
The traditions that the Arbreshet kept mostly were the ones conected with our language mostly like:
religious songs , folk songs, tales, legends, proverbs etc.
The traditions that the Arbreshet kept mostly were t...
These were and still are repeated by them because it was the one thing that they never forgot.
Language
The language that the Arbreshet speak is the one before the Otoman Empire or as it is mostly known as shqipja e vjeter.
This type of accent is also spoken in southern Albania.
And its dialect is Tosk.
Language
Literature
The first writers to cultivate the new genres were Albanians who had migrated centuries earlier to Sicily and southern Italy. The Arbëresh writers, as they are commonly called, profited from the absence of state-imposed restrictions in Italy and published freely to preserve and celebrate their ethnic Albanian heritage. (The term Arbëresh denotes both their dialect and their ethnic origins; it is derived from the word Arbëria, the name by which Albania was known during the Middle Ages.) Foremost among Arbëresh writers was Jeronim (Girolamo) de Rada
ART
As for art there isn't much that we can talk about because there aren't as many paintings that we can show, but we found some new Arbresh artists which conected their talents with their culture.
These are just some of the many new paintings created by new and talented Arbresh artisits.
These are just some of the many new paintin...
One of the most famous Arbresh artists is Cettina Mazzei. She was a paintor and also a studier of the Arbresh culture where she also came from.
One of the most famous Arbresh artists is Cetti...
Arbreshe clothings or traditional clothes are so fun and full of colours, accessories, patterns and more..
Clothes
Womens clothes:
The green headbands are called
KAPICA.
The crosses on the neck represent their religion.
Brekusha, xhubleta and mbeshtjellsat are used to cover the body as a form of dresses.
And you can also costumise all of them with the colours and shapes you want.
Mens clothes:
On their heads they used to wear a hat called qeleshe.
The dresses or fustanellat on their bodies and underneath they wore some long pants which are called tirq.
Also they wear these vests called xhamadan.
Mens clothes:
As for more traditional clothes that connect the Arbreshet to Albania and that we wear in general are these types of clothing :
Men: plis,
marhame,
xhamadan,
ti...
Men: plis,
marhame,
xhamadan,
tirq,
brez etc..
And as for women:
Jelek,
fund,
dimija,
dallame,
pshtjellak etc..
And as for women:
These are some of the most famous Arbreshe dishes
Cuisine
These dishes are made in the most traditional way possible.
These foods date back to the 16-17th ceuntry.
Of course they changed a little bit as time goes by, but still these can be called as typical Arbreshe food or cusine.
Strangujet:
This dish was typicaly eaten on september 14 when there was the exalation of the cross ( festa e kryqit te shenjte)
Buke arbereshe
This bread was eaten every day, and it was made from grain flower.
Buke arbereshe
Dorezet:
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Dorezet:
Very thin home-made semolina spaghetti, cooked in milk and mostly eaten on Ascension Day.
Grape Brandy
Grape Brandy or as we call it rakia e rrushit it is a typical drink that went from Albania to Italy, especially Sicily ,because there are so many grapeyards and amazing places for them to help and keep this traditional drink alive.
Nowdays we drink these types of Brandys that most commonly come from Rahovec.
As for music, it is the same as in Albania so are they for the Arbreshet. They use most of the same instruments as lahuta, fyelli, harpi, qiftelia and many more.
Music
Mostly used instruments.
The most common instrument is lahuta. It is used till this day, but the genres that were played from the Arbereshet were somehow different from the Albanian ones.
Mostly beacuse they are calmer than the typical ones we are used to hearing.
Mostly used instruments.
Moj e bukura more, is one of the most famous songs from arbreshet which is also a very important symbol for them.
This song can be used by one person(solo) or as a group of people(choir).
This song is in reference to Albania for when the Arbreshet left their homes and beautiful country, just to not be occupied from their biggest enemy.
Moj e bukura more, is one of the most famous son...