Youth Promote Albanian Culture

We have had the opportunity to do some traveling this past week and experience the culture even more. There were a few things that really stuck out. First, we saw people joining together doing their traditional dances. Now that might seem normal for some and maybe not even special, however,  what made this special was the fact that those dancing were all between the ages of 18 to 24. We were amazed to see the younger generation get together and outwardly show their appreciation for their culture. What made this even more memorable was that before the traditional dancing started there was modern music playing in an attempt to get everyone dancing and having a good time. However, it wasn’t until the traditional Albanian music started when everyone got up and started dancing.

If someone were to start playing traditional music back home we wouldn’t know what to do. Most would probably just wait to see what everyone else did, and odds are no one would know how to do the traditional dance. Even if there was one person that knew how to do the dance I doubt they would start dancing because it wouldn’t be the “cool” thing to do. It is sad to see parts of one’s culture die off; however, it is unlikely that the Albanians will ever let their culture die off. That is proven in the way the youth promote their own culture.