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The qeleshe, also known as plis and qylat, [1] is a white brimless felt skull cap traditionally worn by Albanians. It has spread throughout Albanian-inhabited territories, and is today part of the traditional costume of the Albanians .
The Albanian traditional felt cap (Albanian: plis, cognate of pilos [11] and pileus) originated from a similar felt cap worn by the Illyrians. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The 1542 Latin dictionary De re vestiaria libellus, ex Bayfio excerptus equated an Albanian hat with a kyrbasia , and described it as a "tall pileus [hat] in the shape of a cone" ( pileus ...
The traditional Albanian clothing (Albanian: Veshjet Tradicionale Shqiptare; Veshjet Kombëtare; Veshjet Popullore or Kostumet Kombëtare) includes more than 500 different varieties of clothing in all Albania and the Albanian-speaking territories and communities (including the Arbëreshë in Italy, Arvanites in Greece and Arbanasi in Croatia).
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Albanian folklore is the folk tradition of the Albanian people.Albanian traditions have been orally transmitted – through memory systems that have survived intact into modern times – down the generations and are still very much alive in the mountainous regions of Albania, Kosovo and western North Macedonia, as well as among the Arbëreshë in Italy and the Arvanites in Greece, and the ...
Portokalli (transl. Orange) is an Albanian weekly night sketch comedy and variety show that airs on Top Channel. [1] It began airing on 31 December 2003 [2] and it includes stand-up comedy and live music which makes it similar to the American late-night live television show Saturday Night Live.
Albania's Nedim Bajrami surprised Italy with a goal 23 seconds in at the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament — though it didn't take long for Italy to respond
A shtriga (Albanian: shtrigë) is a vampiric witch in Albanian mythology and folklore that sucks the blood of infants at night while they sleep, and then transform themselves into a flying insect (traditionally a moth, fly or bee). Only the shtriga herself could cure those she had drained.