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Folk Dance
Albanian folk dance, valle (vah'- leh').

Valle from Rugova
Characteristic folk dance from Rugova, Kosova. Valle e Rugovës.
Albanian men from Mati
Albanian men from the Mati region, northern Albania. Picture was taken by Pjetër Marubi* in 1910.
Artist Simon Shiroka
Albanian artist Simon Shiroka in his atelier in Prishtina.



*) This picture was taken from a recently published book called Albanie, Visage des Balkans with an introduction by Ismail Kadare, published in Paris by Arthaud. It contains many pictures from the Marubi family photo archive. Three generations of Marubi's took pictures in Albania covering the period from 1890 to 1940. The pictures were collected and revived by Loic Chauvin.

 

 



 

 
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