The Way We Laughed ....
---- a guy wearing the dress "of its roots" .... ----
---- un ragazzo indossa l'abito "delle sue radici" .... ----
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This is a report perhaps too long, but perhaps too short, that I made on Easter Sunday (Pashkët) in the village of Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily, near Palermo; Piana degli Albanesi (, named in Palermo dialect), is among the best known and most populous arbëreshë historic communities, the most important center of all the greek-Albanian colonies in Sicily but it is also the seat of the Byzantine Eparchy. The town of Piana degli Albanesi was founded in the second half of the fifteenth century, between 1482 and il1485, by a group of Albanian refugees who, to escape the imminent advanced turkish-ottoman that threatened Christianity in the territories of the Balkan Peninsula, sought refuge in Italy: in Sicily they obtained from the ruler of the time, King John II of Spain permission to occupy the land today, but also they received the possibility to retain their Byzantine-Greek rite, that initially gave the village its name of Plain of Greeks. Over the centuries it has been considered one of the most active centers Albanians of Italy, preserving and protecting the heritage of the typical characteristics of oriental culture; the strong ethnic identity of Piana degli Albanesi is immediately noticeable in the Albanian language spoken by all (in fact the locals people are bilingual, speaking both normally the Italian and the Albanian). Holy Week (Java and Madhe) is very rich, heard and shared, Easter Sunday visitors receive as a gift some eggs red painted, Mass is celebrated during which the Gospel is read in seven languages, including the Arab, after which he began a long procession composed by people who wear their distinctive traditional costumes.
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The Way We Laughed ....
---- a guy wearing the dress "of its roots" .... ----
---- un ragazzo indossa l'abito "delle sue radici" .... ----
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This is a report perhaps too long, but perhaps too short, that I made on Easter Sunday (Pashkët) in the village of Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily, near Palermo; Piana degli Albanesi (, named in Palermo dialect), is among the best known and most populous arbëreshë historic communities, the most important center of all the greek-Albanian colonies in Sicily but it is also the seat of the Byzantine Eparchy. The town of Piana degli Albanesi was founded in the second half of the fifteenth century, between 1482 and il1485, by a group of Albanian refugees who, to escape the imminent advanced turkish-ottoman that threatened Christianity in the territories of the Balkan Peninsula, sought refuge in Italy: in Sicily they obtained from the ruler of the time, King John II of Spain permission to occupy the land today, but also they received the possibility to retain their Byzantine-Greek rite, that initially gave the village its name of Plain of Greeks. Over the centuries it has been considered one of the most active centers Albanians of Italy, preserving and protecting the heritage of the typical characteristics of oriental culture; the strong ethnic identity of Piana degli Albanesi is immediately noticeable in the Albanian language spoken by all (in fact the locals people are bilingual, speaking both normally the Italian and the Albanian). Holy Week (Java and Madhe) is very rich, heard and shared, Easter Sunday visitors receive as a gift some eggs red painted, Mass is celebrated during which the Gospel is read in seven languages, including the Arab, after which he began a long procession composed by people who wear their distinctive traditional costumes.
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