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The ritual purifying fire is traditionally used by Albanians, in particular singing and dancing around it, to gain protection and energizing from its supernatural power. [6] Hearth fire lighting a dark room in a house of Mirdita, northern Albania. Drawn by Edith Durham in 1909.
Vatër. Fireplace (votër) of a house of Shkreli, northern Albania, drawn by Edith Durham in 1909. The vatër (or votër; Albanian definite form: vatra or votra) is the domestic hearth in Albanian culture. The fire of the domestic hearth (Zjarri i Vatrës) holds divine attributes in Albanian beliefs, being considered the sustainer of the ...
From left to right: flint, fire striker, char cloth and piece of mushroom. Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature. Fire is an essential tool for human survival and the use of fire was important ...
Control of fire by early humans. The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators (especially at night), a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food. These cultural advances allowed human ...
Fire striker. Assorted reproduction firesteels typical of Roman to medieval period. Late 18th-century firetools and bricks from Brittany. A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock. [1][2][3] It is a specific tool used in fire making.
This is an alphabetized glossary of terms pertaining to lighting fires, along with their definitions. Firelighting (also called firestarting, fire making, or fire craft) is the process of starting a fire artificially. Fire was an essential tool in early human cultural development. The ignition of any fire, whether natural or artificial ...
Albanian (endonym: shqip [ʃcip] ⓘ, gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ], or arbërisht [aɾbəˈɾiʃt]) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. [9] It is the native language of the Albanian people.
sq.wikipedia.org. Commercial. No. Registration. Optional. Launched. 12 October 2003; 21 years ago (2003-10-12) The Albanian Wikipedia (Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 30 October 2024, the Wikipedia has 100,383 articles and is the 73rd-largest Wikipedia.