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visited the Malësia region and catalogued her findings in her ethnographic work "High
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Albanian cultural experience (e.g. weddings, funerals, historical battles, mythology, genealogy, and tribal law). It is as interesting to modern readers as an anthropological document as it is a magnificent
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Albanian-populated region. It is Malësia that produced what has been considered the national epic of the Albanian people,
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government as leader of all forces of the Malësia e Madhe tribes having collectively some 6,200 rifles during the late
Ottoman period. Malësia e Vogël (small highlands) with seven Catholic tribes such as the Shala with 4 bajaraktars,
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1573:Luštica
1530:Lješani
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