{"id":1509,"date":"2025-02-20T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2025-06-23T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:59:07","slug":"u-sh%d1%91nua-145-vjetori-i-betej%d1%91s-s%d1%91-nokshiqit-m%d1%91-1879-dhe-i-betejave-m%d1%91-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/u-sh%d1%91nua-145-vjetori-i-betej%d1%91s-s%d1%91-nokshiqit-m%d1%91-1879-dhe-i-betejave-m%d1%91-1880\/","title":{"rendered":"THE 145th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF NOKSHIQ IN 1879 AND OF THE BATTLES IN 1880 WAS MARKED"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Prishtina, the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Nokshiq on December 4, 1879, and of the battles in January 1880 of the fighters of the Albanian League of Prizren and their heroic defense of Plav\u00eb and Guci from the invasion of Montenegro was marked. The commemorative event, led by Florent Zeqaj, was held at the \u201cEmerald\u201d hotel on February 18, 2025. In the presence of nearly seven hundred participants, the opening speech was given by Zek\u00eb Nokshiqi, an initiator, activist, and well-known businessman in Texas. Zymer U. Neziri presented a paper at this commemorative event about Plav\u00eb and Guci and the defensive battles in the years 1879-1880. Subsequently, greetings followed from several well-known personalities: Fatmir Sejdiu, former president of the Republic of Kosovo; acad. prof. dr. Muhamet Mala; the general of the Battle of Ko\u0161are, Rrustem Berisha; commander of the 136th \u201cRugova\u201d Brigade, Salih B. Laj\u00e7i; the mayor of Prishtin\u00eb, P\u00ebrparim Rama; Binak Ulaj, veteran of the National Movement; Flamur Gashi, activist, diplomat, and ambassador; Ram\u00eb Sinanaj, activist from Plava. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The closing speech was given by Ramiz Tafilaj, a well-known activist and businessman in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The participants of this commemorative event were also from Ulcinj, Shkod\u00ebr, Lezha, Tirana, Lushnja, K\u00ebr\u00e7ova, Kumanovo, Medvegj\u00eb, Bujanovac, Presevo, while the majority were from Plav\u00eb and Guci, Tregovi\u0161te (Ro\u017eaje), Mal\u00ebsia of Gjakova and Rugova, as well as from various regions of Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second part of the program was the artistic performance of the dance group \u201cDardania\u201d, Tropoj\u00eb, directed by Shpresart Memia, as well as of the native folk ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d, Shtupeq, directed by Vesel Nik\u00e7i. The lahuta player Hysen Kurtaj sang with the lahuta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the Republic of Kosovo, according to the drafter of the proposal, Zymer U. Neziri, and with the support of thirty distinguished intellectuals from higher education institutions and from the two academies of sciences and arts, as well as from seven associations from Europe and America, on February 18, 2025, decorated the fighters of the Battle of Nokshiq, December 1879, and of the battles of January 1880, with the \u201cHasan Prishtina\u201d Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Organizing Council: Zymer Ujkan Neziri, Zek\u00eb Nokshiqi, Ramiz Tafilaj, Bruno Selimaj, Florent Zeqaj, Binak Ulaj)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The distinguished artist VESEL NIKCI (NIKA) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of the Native Folkloric Ensemble \u201cRUGOVA\u201d with AFA, with their songs, dances, and musical instruments, will magically and wonderfully light up the large hall with over 400 Guests of Honor at the Great National Meeting \u201cThe Epic of Nokshiq\u201d, on February 18, 2025, at 14:00, at the \u201cEmerald Hotel\u201d in Prishtin\u00eb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Native Folkloric Ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d will bring to the large hall of the five-star hotel the grandeur of the Epic of Nokshiq, where Rugova with Plav\u00eb-Guci (Nokshiq, Arrzhanic\u00eb, Pepaj, Martinaj, Hot, Vuthaj\u2026) with all the Highlands of the North and with Albanian fighters and leaders from the four Ottoman vilayets in the Albanian national territory, marked with victory one of the greatest events of our national history from the Iron Age to the internet era, which elevated the history and glory of the Albanian State of Skanderbeg, which brought the Albanian National Independence in Vlor\u00eb in 1912 by Ismail Qemali, and inspired the War for Freedom and Independence of the Republic of Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Native Folkloric Ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d will unfold the rituals of life and spiritual heritage of Rugova Kelmendase with Plav\u00eb-Guci and surrounding areas; they will represent the precious national treasures of the Albanian Kelmend Alps through the beauty in the art of movement, song, dance, and free art, naturally, purely, aesthetically; they will present a mine of emotions with the artistic epic full of history, while simultaneously presenting the most original symbols and expressions of the creative intuition and imagination of the Epic of Nokshiq and of national history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The predecessors of the Native Folkloric Ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d were the great force of the epic battle of Nokshiq in the 19th century, they were a pride and glory of this rare epic in world history, and likewise their descendants, today distinguished artists, will hold a great weight of the grandeur of the concert and of the Great National Meeting \u201cThe Epic of Nokshiq\u201d on February 18, 2025, in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great fortune to live one day of your life with the excellent performances of the Native Folkloric Ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d, because it brings happiness in these difficult times, because it makes you feel pride in front of our national history, because life is enriched and extended with the pleasures and wonders full of high Albanian native artistic values of this 78-year-old ensemble, which is in itself a \u201cCultural Epic of the Popular Heritage of Rugova and Plav\u00eb-Guci, of the northern highlands, of the Albanian Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome \u201cNative Folkloric Ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d to the 145th Anniversary of \u201cThe Epic of Nokshiq\u201d!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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