„POLYPHONIA - Albania's forgotten voices" english Trailer 

7:57 That man is wise, and has seen it all.

This is beautiful raw music

I I love you my Albania Brothers you are my blood and never forget the motherland

I've been raised abroad, and this has only reinforced to continue studying the Albanian language and learn not only to speak it, but adhere to the philosophy of speaking and writing in it cleanly.

before the Greeks came from Turkey in (1922 war) almost 65% of the population had Albanian surnames and spoke Albanian as well. After that year the government of Greece forced the people not to speak their language and so little by little the language is a bit forgotten but the songs remained and the surnames remained even today few people understand what their surname means.. I am one of those who still speak the language with my family greetings to everyone from Thessaloniki Atdheu mbi të gjitha!

the old man at the end broke my heart

"Culture is a reflection of the work". Wonderful doc. Thank you for sharing.

I desired her, but they didn't give her to me. I am ill, so ill I could die. Even the earth won't swallow me. I really feel that...

sa bukur ai plaku e foli gjuhen tone e pergezoi te degjoi i mjeri shume i varfer o blak zoti te bekoft

Thank you for this, I'm so proud to be Albanian. What that man said at the end of the video, is 100% truth. People are losing and forgetting themselves each and every day that passes.

That very old man in the end was pure wisdom!

the film has been shot from autumn 2010 to summer 2011th He has been well researched and supported by a ethnomusicologist. how know the area and the people since 7 years. His wife is from there. The theme of the film is in fact the friendship between muslims and christians. If you not come to realize this, you have´nt see good the trailer and have not really seen the description of the film.

he seems like my grandpa to me, I am Albanian and he used to sing so many Albanian songs and they were very beautiful

Thank you for uploading this. What a jewel! It is absolutely invaluable to have this testimony of the live practice of this type of polyphony in contemporary times. And what characters, the old and the young.

Merci pour le partage de ce documentaire intéressant

miredita burra ju pershendes zoti e bekoft atdheun tane rroft atdheu jone sa malet e tona ju falenderoi te gjithve = ) me kendon zemra

Omg so much goosebumps from my childhood. I love our Kultur, it is ancient and it survived 😊

The identity of the Albanian people is based only on blood, language, tribe, religion does not matter to the identity of the Albanians, this is the reason why all Albanian religions live together in peace! These types of songs are hard to learn in school if you were not born where these types of songs are sung!🇦🇱

WOOOW amazing his articulation is so high standin and this is a highlander great albania our religion is our history, the oldest history and language in europe greets from austria

I know this people and i ma from there! i am orthodoks but we dont have anyproblems with muslims i even have many cusisn wich are hal cristian half muslim! thx for this video and i hope this video give the world the real esence of the perpuse u have donit! greatings from london!

The first song he is singing - is this a known albanian song or did he make it by himself? I literally heard it about 20 times, i love it!

@DarkEagle99. thank you for your words. people should consider brothers those who care for values like respect, family, work and honesty. and courage to take action when they see injustice

Why some people are so pessimistic?

Real albanians give nothing to Religion. We are have Same blood.

Great work. This is like time travel for many viewers. Albanians identify by language and traditions, and less by religion. Religion is more personal experience, and Albanians even though torn between Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim religions, respect one-another. Some muslim parents name their kids Christian names in honor of their Christian friend, and Christian parents name their kid a muslim name in honor of their muslim friend... this tradition started with two noble Albanian families; Frasheri (Muslim) named their son Kristo, and Luarasi (Christian) named their son a muslim name Skender. Muslim and Orthodox Albanians marry between them; when such marriage occur, usually the wife adheres to the husband's religion... although most families are irreligious, and people from one religion celebrate with the others and vice-versa. Very few young Muslim people follow their parents while Christianity is more in fashion. Except for a few adherent on either side, the majority of Albania is secular; while under hoxha's communist regime, religion and houses of worship were prohibited by the communist constitution - hoxha declared Albania the first and only atheist state in the world; many people were jailed and some clergy especially Catholic priests in the north were killed by the government due to their resistance to closing the church. We say Albania is behind European development about 100 years, or as one comedian said, 100 years behind and 50 years sideways; that's the reason why researchers can still find old folk and polyphonic songs... Neighboring countries like Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia had similar traditions, but they moved to the modern era once they gained their independence from ottoman empire, while Albania was the last to split from the ottomans; this probably explains why Albania still has preserved some of the old traditions. In the west Europe, probably you have to go search into archives, but in Albania things of the past are still alive, albeit this is fading with time as it did elsewhere.

Për çfarë krahine bëhet fjalë,Gramshi,Librazhdi ?

This is the Polyphony of my country Albania,and no Iso polyphony from ORTODOKSE church.

5:37 that's a hell of a way to greet your friends.

Thank you for these work. Where i can find the entire documentary?

the traslation is very poor by the way! not accurate form albanin te english!

I'm half Albanian but I'm not such a fan of the music but the logic of honesty loyalty and family is important

what the elderly man in the end said is depressing.....he is right. Tradition in general is dying. Even the knowledge of basic biology and common sense is dying. People who thing they can change their gender. People who like to do drugs and sleep around....no class either. No tradition. No basic knowledge and common sense. No class. I live in America and compare to us these people still seem traditional! If that old man seen how America is like he'd probably fall over from a heart attack.....

Heartbreaking

there are no muslim-christian barriers in albania, so stop qualifying what doesn't exist. if europe has a muslim-christian problem, ei germany, france, etc. then keep it to yourselves and stop projecting your problems and perceived solutions on albanians. otherwise if they continue with these projections, they will create a problem that did not exist before, to albanian's expense. we don't want a part to europe's or islam's culture war.

a i di kush ato vargjet e asaj kenges ne fillim te videos?

Prindrit e hane buken me lot...

Wonder what part of our country these people live? What is the name of their village?

Hello, who produced this documentary? What's the name of the production company?

You will recall me having said this: There was an Albanian, in history, being raised up by Turks in Turkic lands as a hostage, but he finally returned to his homeland and fought against his captors after years. In the Cold War, Albanians were betrayed by her allies and defeated by her enemies and Albania herself be annexed to become a part of NATO. Thousands of houses sent their sons into the West, to Europe, to US, to Canada, as hostages. But lo and behold, soon, a hero will break his chains, defy his masters, come back from his prisons and lead his people fight the NATO again. Albanians do be defeated, but they do not be defeated silent for more than one generation.

Anyone knows the name of the first song he sings in the hills

Can i ask in what part of albania this was filmed?

Where i can watch full movie ? i was there at that time and if i knew i would have helped you with great plesure ! anyway i thin originality is the greatest esence on this trailer!

Name of the first song?

where can I watch the documentary or better where can I buy it? Thank you for this work !

🙏🏻🙏🏻

Love conquers all!

religious barriers?????? That DOES NOT EXIST in Albania. Nobody calls himself catholic/muslim/othodox religion is something private also add to the fact that Albanian are mainly irreligious

It is only amongst Albanians that the very meaning of the word 'Nephilim' actually means in the beginning.

Cila zone shte kjo? Nuk e kuptoj. Musika eshte e jugut, dialektet jan shqiperia e mesme e me siper. Edhe si quhet stili i kenges / i te kenduares nga grupi i pare, pikerisht mbyllja tek psh 2:10? Gjith te mirat

these people are hardcore Yamnaya Pamiro-Turanids.

Btw the translation is really dodgy.

Where is it form? North or South Albania?

I think this is old video cause i wa sthere last year and it was diferent!

POLIPONISO, FOLI BON ISO , FOLI BHON ISO, FOLI BEN ISO.

gezoi dukje e atdheut tone kur pe shoh shqyrtoj = ) tungjatjeta

The Indians from Europe 🇦🇱🦅🇦🇱

Sure i did despite the fact that i think that the participants did not understand that well! well to them is hard to understand how religions cant coexist like it is hard for most of the planet how religins can coexist! The question is to evolve or not and in albania the religiions have evolved to the point of coexistence! hard to belive but that is how it is! but here we talk about traditional islam and christianisem cause if it comes to the radical forms than i doubt they can coexist.

I did allso watch some of u videos wich show the ballkna culture ! hmm i think ballknas is bacwards! when i went there afer 15 years i nearly had culture shock in in the depest cell of my brain but after well i did adopt!

"in spite of religious barriers"? Why is difference a barrier by default?

7:44 😮

The religion of Albanians is Albanianism. You can be any religion you want any day any time. Albanian is an ethnic Indigenous tribe you were born into. End of. ✨

Like Georgians :O

i didnt go there long time but i dont know who u wife is perhas u should say her name ! and some how u name sound german or perhaps from the german speaking erias! but how carl marks said : religion is the opinium of the mass perhaps in my point of wiew is the only good thing of the communist ideology! :) perhaps u should watch the movie the time of comet or read ismail kadare !

why u guys go in montain and in gypsi to take video i dont get it for albania go in tirana gjirogaster vlora

This was an embarasment to all albanian people!

Can you imagine that Ilirians language was so primitive and dissonant. Their songs and language look more like African tribes singing and speaking. Shqipetaret are descendants of Cro -Magnons the last Homosapiens (babunsapiens) who left Africa and headed to Asia Minor and Caucasus 7000 years ago. Cheers!

Anyway, those orhodox were once serbs and then become under Enver Hohxa albanians...So, there is really no way of friendship except for documantal movie...