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on 1878. According to Mitko, the collection was meant to provide Egypt's flourishing
Albanian community with information about Albanian origins, customs and character. He maintained that the heroic songs collected by him showed that Albanians had a love of country and their fellow countrymen of
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different religions by keeping the memory alive of history and events through songs. Mitko also encouraged
Albanians to study their mother tongue, as he viewed it as "the first and common food reviving the people". De Rada noted of the time that copies of Mitko's
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Mitko's own collection of
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23:Thimi Mitko
527:Categories
259:Alexandria
191:, then to
95:Folklorist
89:Occupation
213:Beni Suef
140:Relatives
98:collector
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322:See also
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177:Tepelenë
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