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    In traditional Albanian culture, Gjakmarrja (English: "blood-taking", i.e. "blood feud") or hakmarrja ("revenge") is the social obligation to kill an offender...
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  • – discuss] but highly valued rules. In Albanian culture it is called gjakmarrja, which usually lasts for generations. In tribal societies, the blood feud...
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    (a head for a head) where relatives of the victim are obliged to seek gjakmarrja (blood vengeance). Nineteen percent of male deaths in İşkodra vilayet...
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  • traitors to the Motherland – kin punishment practiced in Soviet Russia Gjakmarrja Glossary of Nazi Germany Guilt by association Kin punishment Lidice massacre...
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  • floor of Nagpur district court.” Citizen's arrest Divine retribution Feud Gjakmarrja Hanging of Patrick O'Connor Jungle law List of feuds in the United States...
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    free from the tradition of blood feud (known in the Albanian language as Gjakmarrja) which so blighted other parts of the Albanian highlands. Other notable...
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    which was particularly important in a society in which blood feuds (gjakmarrja) resulted in the deaths of many male Albanians, leaving many families...
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  • (head for a head) where the relatives of the victim are obliged to seek gjakmarrja (blood vengeance). Regarded simply as producers of offspring, women are...
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    established in 1957, which was the first of its kind in Albania. The medieval Gjakmarrja (blood feud) was banned. Malaria, the most widespread disease, was successfully...
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    still persist in some areas, notably in Albania with its tradition of gjakmarrja or "blood feuds", revenge that is carried out not only by the individual...
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  • communities through into the present day. Blood money Feud Honour killing Kanun Gjakmarrja Krvna osveta Kilpatrick, Alan (1998). The Night Has a Naked Soul - Witchcraft...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    (head for a head) where the relatives of the victim are obliged to seek gjakmarrja (blood vengeance). Regarded simply as producers of offspring, women are...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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  • Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    many Albanian traditional elements and institutions, such as Besa and Gjakmarrja, developing their own legal traditions through a codification of local...
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  • Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    to Boletin from the village of Isniq near Deçan, due to a blood feud (gjakmarrja) though they ultimately hailed from Shala, in northern Albania. They adopted...
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  • Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    film was directed by Kujtim Çashku and its main theme is the blood feud (Gjakmarrja) on a strong political background. The story is set in 1939 Albania and...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    linked to the actual practice of blood vengeance which he uses is gjak (Gjakmarrja). The Souliots spoke Albanian, being the descendants of an Albanian pastoral...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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    Vatër Muranë Ora/Fatia Besa Gjakmarrja Bukë, Kripë e Zemër...
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  • had migrated to Boletin from the village of Isniq due to a blood feud (gjakmarrja). On September 29, 1998, Yugoslav forces gave an ultimatum to the Albanian...
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    society; shame and dishonor, regarded as worse than death; besa and loyalty, gjakmarrja. Another characteristic of Albanian heroic songs are weapons. Their importance...
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  • mesfushori që premton shame për Vllazninë Histori e dhimbshme, ngujohen nga gjakmarrja futbollisti i Vllaznisë dhe Adës - Telegrafi (in Albanian) Stivi Vecaj...
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  • Venetian. The Statutesintegrate albanian traditions such as Besa and Gjakmarrja. The original document, a 40-page parchment copied by Marino Dulcic in...
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