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  • Thumbnail for Gjirokastër National Folk Festival
    Gjirokastër National Folk Festival (Albanian: Festivali Folklorik Kombëtar i Gjirokastrës) is an artistic festival taking place every five years at Gjirokastër...
    5 KB (425 words) - 15:30, 21 July 2023
  • The traditional Albanian clothing (Albanian: Veshjet Tradicionale Shqiptare; Veshjet Kombëtare; Veshjet Popullore or Kostumet Kombëtare) includes more...
    8 KB (682 words) - 08:16, 29 February 2024
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    Albanian folk beliefs (Albanian: Besimet folklorike shqiptare) and mythological stories comprise the beliefs expressed in the customs, rituals, myths...
    70 KB (6,933 words) - 09:53, 20 May 2024
  • Verës or Verëza (English "Summer Day") is an Albanian spring festival and pagan holiday celebrated in Albania on March 14 of the Gregorian calendar (March...
    12 KB (1,519 words) - 22:16, 26 April 2024
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    Gjirokastër National Folklore Festival, held every five years in Gjirokastër, is an important venue exhibiting traditional Albanian music. Albanian music extends...
    33 KB (3,874 words) - 14:21, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Folk costume
    A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, traditional clothing, traditional garment or traditional regalia) expresses a national identity...
    73 KB (6,114 words) - 19:43, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Iso-Polyphony
    Iso-Polyphony (Albanian: Iso-polifonia) is a traditional part of Albanian folk music and, as such, is included in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage...
    13 KB (1,480 words) - 15:33, 2 May 2024
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    the National Folk Festival has spun off several locally run folk festivals in its wake including the Lowell Folk Festival, the Richmond Folk Festival, the...
    163 KB (16,418 words) - 17:43, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tourism in Albania
    ranging from the snow-capped Albanian Alps, Sharr, Skanderbeg, Korab, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the sunny Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea Coasts...
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    Albania (/ælˈbeɪniə, ɔːl-/ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), is...
    274 KB (24,310 words) - 14:43, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Culture of Albania
    Albanian culture or the culture of Albanians (Albanian: kultura shqiptare [kultuˈɾa ʃcipˈtaɾɛ]) is a term that embodies the artistic, culinary, literary...
    65 KB (7,519 words) - 23:09, 7 May 2024
  • Albanian Australians (Albanian: Shqiptarë Australian) are residents of Australia who have Albanian heritage or descent; many are from Albania and North...
    121 KB (12,242 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Albania
    Albania is an ethnically homogeneous country, where the overwhelming majority of the population speaks Albanian, which is also the official language....
    18 KB (1,849 words) - 08:14, 23 September 2023
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    Bayram (Turkey) (category Festivals in Turkey)
    Bayram is the Turkic word for a nationally-celebrated festival or holiday, applicable to both national (i.e. secular) and religious celebrations. Likely...
    8 KB (740 words) - 23:29, 19 May 2024
  • (also Gheg Albanian: Kanû/-ja, other names include Albanian: doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian traditional...
    47 KB (5,465 words) - 06:23, 4 February 2024
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    Fehmiu and Arta Dobroshi and Turkish-Albanian Barish Arduç. Albania annually hosts several International Film Festivals. The most important is certainly the...
    11 KB (472 words) - 12:46, 6 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shqiponjat (folk group)
    Shqiponjat (Albanian: "Eagles") is a popular Italo-Albanian folk music group based in Santa Sofia d'Epiro, Calabria, Italy. The folk group was born on...
    6 KB (659 words) - 07:45, 11 December 2017
  • refer to literature written by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and the Albanian diaspora particularly in Italy. Albanian occupies an independent branch within...
    44 KB (5,455 words) - 08:50, 30 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Albanian Riviera
    The Albanian Riviera (Albanian: Riviera shqiptare, pronounced [ɾiviˈɛɾa ʃcipˈtaɾɛ]), also popularly known as Bregu, is a coastline along the north-eastern...
    13 KB (1,445 words) - 03:24, 18 January 2024
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    The Albanians (/ælˈbeɪniənz, ɔːl-/ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ənz; Albanian: Shqiptarët, pronounced [ʃcipˈtaɾət]) are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula...
    236 KB (23,655 words) - 04:27, 16 May 2024
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