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Serbs and Montenegrins (Serbs-Montenegrins) are an ethno-linguistic community in Albania. They are one of the recognized national minorities. The population was concentrated in the region of Vraka, but largely emigrated in the 1990s. The community is bilingual and by majority adhere to Eastern Orthodoxy, while a minority professes Islam.
The Three-finger salute, also called the "Serb salute", is a popular expression for ethnic Serbs and Serbia, originally expressing Serbian Orthodoxy and today simply being a symbol for ethnic Serbs and the Serbian nation, made by extending the thumb, index, and middle fingers of one or both hands.
Serbian tradition interprets the four firesteels as four Cyrillic letters "S" , for the motto "Only Unity Saves the Serbs". Heraldic symbol: The Serbian eagle, a double-headed white eagle is a heraldic symbol with a long history in Serbian heraldry, originating from the medieval Nemanjić dynasty. [3]
Skanderbeg's monument in Tirana. The Myth of Skanderbeg is one of the main constitutive myths of Albanian nationalism. [1] [2] [3] In the late nineteenth century, during the Albanian struggle and the Albanian National Awakening, Skanderbeg became a symbol for the Albanians and he was turned into a national Albanian hero and myth.
Major ethnic groups of Serbia by religious affiliation, 2022 census [6] Religion Serbs Hungarians Bosniaks Roma Albanians Croats; Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Eastern Orthodox: 5,166,757 96.39 2,940 1.59 77 0.05 75,546 57.26 168 0.27 1,331 3.40 Catholic: 11,947 0.22 161,071 87.33 2 0.00 4,413 3.34 829 1.34 33,637 86.01 ...
Arbanaška vera (Serbian for 'Albanian faith') [1] was a 14th-century Serbian antonomasic denunciation of Catholic Albanians in Shkodër, Zeta, Kosovo, Macedonia and other regions modern day Northern Albania. [2] [3] [4] In the Dušan's Code, the Albanians were
In the municipalities of Preševo and Bujanovac Albanians form the majority of population (93.7% in Preševo and 62% in Bujanovac according to the 2022 census). In the municipality of Medveđa, Albanians are second largest ethnic group (after Serbs), and their participation in this municipality was 32% in 1981 census, 28.67% in 1991 and 26.17% in 2002. [3]
Serbia is the nation state of the Serbs, who are Serbia's dominant ethnic group.Serbs are also dominant in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the 19th century, the Serbian national identity was manifested, with awareness of history and tradition, medieval heritage, cultural unity, despite Serbs living under different empires.