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kanun... Complex codes of hospitality stretch from the Balkans to the sub-continent. In Albania it is called the kanun, 'the code'. It works both ways; the kanun provides codes of conduct for both  host and guest."Proud, mischievous, stubborn and zeshkan (brown, dark and swarthy)." "In Albania family comes first. Always." "Albanians by character are either kind or crazy." " …a feeling of melancholy and uselessness in the face of history… lost between tradition and modernity, remembrance and hope, freedom and death." Albanian art critic, Edi Muka MUSIC OF ALBANIA Shoke do tu them dy fjale. DISCOVER ALBANIA  Location: Europe Status: UN Country Capital City: Tirana Main Cities: Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodra, Vlorë Population: 3,362,000 Area: 28,750 km2 Currency: 1 lek = 100 qindars Languages: Albanian Religions: Sunni Muslim, Christian |
