Hands down, home visits are the favorite activity of our guests. It has been our privilege to go on many home visits during the past several days. Today we were in Darshen and it was a bit chilly but yet a beautiful sunny day for a January visit. The pictures taken were a mix of activities with a rare scene of one set of sisters making the raki (Albanian moonshine) for their family. We checked on the local livestock (David standing alongside the cow shed) and also I included a picture of today's children meeting time with Xhina telling the story of Abraham and Isaac. The last picture is of Genti and Shpresa modeling a traditional wedding costume. One of the ladies in Vlashi is starting a business of selling the traditonal costumes to brides of today that wish to celebrate their hertiage with a newly handmade wedding dress. (By the way, just the wedding dress sells for 350 Euros) It takes the seamstress about 2 weeks to make just the dress. If anyone is interested in buying one she is taking orders!
2 comments:
I'm so jelous you were just in Darshen, it was by far my favorite place if you don't count the outhouse!!! I cannot wait to get back over there, especially with my country boy husband who rarely leaves Cheatham County (ha!)! Please tell everyone I said hello, especially Shpresa, Mandi, and Vera! Post lots of pics.
I think that is SO cool that someone is making the traditional Albanian wedding dress! What kind of market does she have? Does she sell those in Tirana?
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