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In Abania, not only among women, but men as well kiss each other four times on the cheek when greeting.
Recently, due to influences from abroad people may kiss twice as well and between men, just a firm hand shake. This is more spread in Tirana, as for other cities, the local custom is stricktely preserved. Leave a Comment
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This is a custom not only in Tirana but all over Albania. Foreign travelers might be a bit confused when a local will say YES, but will move his head horizontaly - like saying NO. Vice versa, the locals say NO, by gesturing it as YES (the head moves vertically). Leave a Comment
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 Tirana, pytė, byrėk by JLBGLeave a Comment
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There are many cafes all around Tirana, full in every hour of the day - and rather empty during the night.
One of the reasons behind this is that some of the very best working meetings take place in the cafes. It is important to have a good social relation in order to build a good working relation afterwards. Leave a Comment
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The booth on the first photo did not sell ice creams and at first sight, it was not easy to guess what they were selling.
The second photo shows that it is a weighting station! On top is written " Sport kalitje shendet" and "Peshorė ekzakt", which means "Sport enhances joy" and "exact scale".
I have made a close-up on the third photo to show that this is not only a scale to weight people but that you can also bring anything to weight on a smaller scale. Leave a Comment
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We were lucky that our guide managed to organize for us in the Palace of Culture a show by the state troop of popular dances, the Folklore Ensemble "Tirana". That was not scheduled but several of us asked him and he organized it in a couple of hours.
I have borrowed to their website the following presentation:
The Folklore Ensemble "Tirana", founded in Tirana, in 1978 is composed from the group of dance, orchestra and the group of singers.
The ensemble performs folkloric dances, songs and instrumental melodies, mostly from ethnographic regions of Tirana, but have also pieces from the different ethnographic regions of Albania and Kosovo, always in live music. That makes its performances having a variety of folk costumes of various areas, as well as numerous characteristic musical instruments, which are realized by the famous masters of Albanian ethnography.
On their website, you can listen to samples of traditional music. Leave a Comment
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 Tirana, 1988 post office by JLBGLeave a Comment
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 Tirana, 1988 forbidden photos
of women in uniform by JLBG, 1 more photos
Then I did it again from closer (second photo) and the girls did not care
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Though we were at the beginning of May, I noticed that there were everywhere small booth or small carriages that sold ice creams. One must remember that in former Yugoslavia, Montenegrin were well known for their ice creams, all over the country. Montenegro is the first neighbor, north to Albania and it seems that Albanians have the same skill. As ice creams are not my cup of tea, I cannot tell how they taste. Leave a Comment
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This kind of death announcements posted at every street corner is not seen only in Albania but in the whole Balkanic area. Nevertheless, this is a practice that always surprises visitors from Western Europe and the Americas where this is not done. Leave a Comment
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