User:Antidiskriminator/Drafts of articles/Labs
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The Labs (Albanian: sing: Lab, pl. Lebër, also dial. sing.: Lap; Greek: Λιάπης, Liapis) are one of the main ethnic groups in Albania who mainly populate the region of southeast Albania, often referred to as Labëria.
Territory[edit]
There are two major ethnic subgroups of Albanians, Ghegs and Tosks. In Albania also live other ethnic groups. One of them are Labs who live in the region of southeast Albania, often referred to as Labëria.[1]
Language[edit]
Religion[edit]
At the end of medieval period the semi nomadic Christian Labs converted to Islam. One of the reasons was that Christian bishops refused to allow them to consume milk during fast days.[2]
Culture[edit]
Music of Labs is poliphonic, more soft and lirical than rugged single voiced music of Ghegs dedicated to heroism.[3] Labs developed a codex of customary laws, Kanun of Labëria (Albanian: Kanuni i Labërisë or Albanian: Kanuni i Papa Zhulit).[4][5] This set of traditional unwritten laws which survived Byzantine and Ottoman periods in the isolated and inaccessible territories of southeast Albania.[6]
During regime of Enver Hoxha the Labs, Ghegs and Tosks were forbidden to emphasize their identity.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Koço, Eno. Vocal Iso(n). Eno Koço. pp. 65–. GGKEY:T631TQZ3W36.
Labs are one of the main ethnic groups in southeast Albania (Laberia).
- ^ Schmitt, Oliver Jens (2010). Religion und Kultur im albanischsprachigen Südosteuropa. Peter Lang. p. 88. ISBN 978-3-631-60295-9.
- ^ Broughton, Simon (1994). World Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-85828-017-2.
Gheg music is rugged, heroic and single voiced while Tosk and Lab music is softer, more lyrical and polyphonic.
- ^ Boskovic, Aleksandar; Hann, Chris (31 December 2013). The Anthropological Field on the Margins of Europe, 1945-1991. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 180. ISBN 978-3-643-90507-9.
- ^ Waal, Clarissa de (17 September 2005). Albania Today: A Portrait of Post-Communist Turbulence. I.B.Tauris. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-85043-859-5.
- ^ Murzaku, Ines Angjeli (2009). Returning Home to Rome: The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata in Albania. Analekta Kryptoferris. p. 59. ISBN 978-88-89345-04-7.
- ^ Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (1999). The Gramophone. C. Mackenzie. p. 98.
...the Tosks, Labs and Gegs - all minorities which under Enver Hoxha had been forbidden to flaunt their identity.
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Albania]]