Culture and art Albania

Albanian folklore is rich, diversified and with artistic values. It is a precious treasury inherited from generation to generation. It is rather vivid and continues to be enriched even nowadays. The Albanian folklore consists of literary, musical, choreographic and dramatic folklore. You find poetry, short stories, tales, legends, anecdotes, proverbs and folk sayings in the literary folklore.
Handicraft in Albania has long-standing traditions. The Illyrians and the Arberesh of early Medieval Time have had a high level of development of handicraft and artistic technique. Worth mentioning here is that the greater part is held by artistic articles adorned with national motifs and the traditions of folk creativity. Such handicraft products are in filigree, wood carvings, cooper engraved vases, alabaster, bone, ceramic, horn, rugs and leather products. These handicraft articles have constantly drawn the attention of foreign tourists for their original values and high artistic technique.
Monuments of Culture in Albania, this country with very ancient civilizations. Not only the local, but also other civilizations, such as Greek, Roman, Byzantine, have left their traces in its territory. Albania has a millenary-long culture and history. The possibility will be provided to see their traces in the ancient and relatively new monuments of culture belonging to all the periods and to be fund all over Albania.
Ethnography Albania, the Greek and Roman ethnographers provide the first ethnographic data on Albania, which were enriched later on by ancient Albanian authors. During the period of National Renaissance, the interest for the traditional culture grew further. Outstanding is the work by Shtjefen Gjecovi, F.Nopca, Edit Durham. From the ethnographic point of view, Albania is represented by several regions as Kelmend, Krasniqe, Bytyc, Dukagjin, Malesia of Shkodra, Ana e Malit, Bregu i Bunes, Bregu i Drinit, Zadrima, Has i Madh, Lume, Puka, Laberia, Kurveleshi,Konispol, Dropull, Golloborda, Dibra, Mallakastra, Devolli, Dardha, Sheper-Zagori, Leskovik, Shpat, Belsh, Coastal area, etc. So why not visit to Albania and finds hotel motel or sleep for backpacker in this country.

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