High Albania and Its Customs in 1908 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Mary Edith Durham

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ISBN 10 : 1333914172 ISBN 13 : 9781333914172

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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By M. Edith Durham, [W ith Plate XXXI.] High Albania is the large tract of mountain land which forms the north-west corner ofT urkey in Europe. It is the only spot in Europe in which the tribal system has been preserved intact up to the present day and along with it a mass of very ancient customs. Changes are now sweeping rapidly over theB alkan peninsula, and it is with the hope of inducing someone better qualified than myself to go and investigate on the spot, before it is too late, that I will try and give an idea of the very primitive conditions which still prevail. Writing has, it appears, always been an art unknown to the tribesman, consequently he possesses an extraordinary memory, and has handed down quantities of oral traditions, most of which remain to be collected. Life is very rough, but the dangers of travel inN orth Albania have been ridiculously exaggerated. In most places I was received with enthusiasm. Many districts did not remember having been visited by anE nglishman, but had received a few Austrians orG ermans; and a few had not admitted any foreigner at all for years. In such they only knew of the King of England vaguely, as one of theS evenK ings who are believed to squat in a circle and arrange the affairs of Europe. One of the seven is the King ofF rance, and one, I believe, the King of Poland. The Albanian tribesman does not call himself A lbanian, butS hcypctaar, and his landS hcijmii. He says lie is the son of an eagle {S hcypS), and his laud is the land of eagles. His language grammatically belongs to the so-called A ryan group, and he boasts and believes that he is the oldest thing in theB alkan peninsula it was his before the coming of theS lav or Turk, and he hates each with a bitter Balkan hatred. There is, I believe, no valid reason for doubting that he is the more or less direct descendent of the ancient Illyrian tribes tha
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333914172
• ISBN 13: 9781333914172
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 26
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