Assunto
Albanian Culture
A culture shaped by mountain isolation, five centuries of Ottoman rule, and fifty years of enforced separation.
Em linguagem simples
Besa means keeping a promise, and it is one of the strongest ideas in traditional Albanian culture. It includes a duty to protect a guest. During the Second World War, Albanian families used besa as the reason for hiding Jewish refugees, and almost all of them survived.
Explicação simplificada
Besa means keeping a promise, and it is one of the strongest ideas in traditional Albanian culture. It includes a duty to protect a guest. During the Second World War, Albanian families used besa as the reason for hiding Jewish refugees, and almost all of them survived.
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Whole fruit or peel boiled slowly in syrup and served by the spoonful to guests.
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Home-distilled grape or plum spirit, offered to guests and made in most rural households.
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Besa (Albanian culture) — English Wikipedia
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