{"id":1585,"date":"2025-06-21T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:39:16","slug":"festa-e-cobanit-2025-nje-thirrje-nga-alpet-per-te-gjithe-shqiptaret-kudo-qe-ndodhen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/festa-e-cobanit-2025-nje-thirrje-nga-alpet-per-te-gjithe-shqiptaret-kudo-qe-ndodhen\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd\u2019s Festival 2025 \u2013 A Call from the Alps to All Albanians, Wherever They Are!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all those in Albania: it is time to head to Bog\u00eb to experience a unique weekend filled with music, cuisine, pastoral art, and our spiritual heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For Albanians in the Diaspora<\/strong>: kjo \u00ebsht\u00eb m\u00eb shum\u00eb se nj\u00eb fest\u00eb \u2013 \u00ebsht\u00eb nj\u00eb ftes\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u2019u rikthyer te rr\u00ebnj\u00ebt, p\u00ebr t\u00eb jetuar \u00e7aste q\u00eb nuk i gjen askund tjet\u00ebr p\u00ebrve\u00e7se n\u00eb vendlindje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participating Artists: Nikoll\u00eb Nikprelaj, Lek\u00eb Dedvukaj, Vida Kunora, Viki Lulgjuraj, Zef Beka, Jasmin Nikaj<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Folklore Groups: \u201cBesa,\u201d \u201cK\u00ebrcimi i Tropoj\u00ebs,\u201d \u201cKelmendi,\u201d \u201cDardania\u201d <strong>Autokton Folklore Ensemble \u201cRugova\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/festa-qobanit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/festa-qobanit.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/festa-qobanit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/festa-qobanit-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Livestock Trekking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Races of Indigenous Breeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fair with Traditional Dishes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibition of Costumes and Ethnographic Objects from the Alps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camping with the Real Life of Shepherds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natural Products from Local Agrotourism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This festival brings to life what represents us in UNESCO: Transhumance, Xhubleta, and the Dance of Tropoja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A meeting of generations, a journey into tradition, a message for preserving our national identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t miss it! The mountains are calling you \u2013 with pride, music, and heritage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Organized by: Kulla e Bajraktarit &amp; Buni i Bajraktarit<\/strong>Supported by: Ministry of Tourism and Environment &amp; \u201cFriends of Music\u201d Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tourist spot of Boga experienced two beautiful festive days with songs, dances and the promotion of the values \u200b\u200band traditions of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, in collaboration with farmers and shepherds from the Alpine regions, cultural associations, and traditional artists from the Albanian Alps and beyond, the cultural event \u201cShepherd\u2019s Festival\u201d was organized as part of the initiative \u201cTranshumance: National Cultural Identity,\u201d protected by UNESCO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire festive organization was closely connected to the Xhubleta, in whose folds the shepherds of the lush Albanian Alps were raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This culturally significant project aims to revive the pastoral life of our shepherds and showcase the agro-cultural wealth offered by our mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Journalist: Marjo Gjini<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all those in Albania: it is time to head to Bog\u00eb to experience a unique weekend filled with music, cuisine, pastoral art, and our spiritual heritage.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manifestimet-kulturore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansambli-rugova.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}