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Arbëreshë

Monday, September 23, 2019 @ 6:30 pm

Organized in collaboration with Prof. Giovanni Braico (NYU). Co-hosted by the Albanian Institute.

The Arbëreshë (or Italo-Albanian) people are the descendants of the Albanian refugees who fled to Italy between the 14th and 18th centuries as a consequence of the Ottoman invasion of the Balkans. The Arbëreshë are currently found in scattered villages around Southern Italy and Sicily, and zealously preserve their unique language, religious rites, and traditions.

Francesco Altimari, Professor of Albanology at the Università della Calabria, will acquaint the audience with the Arbëreshë’s peculiar culture, by providing a discussion of their extraordinary history and heritage, in Italian with English translation.

The talk will be followed by a performance by the Peppa Marriti Band, on stage for the first time in the United States. Established in the Arbëreshë town of Santa Sofia d’Epiro, in northern Calabria, this group of musicians gained international notoriety for their modern reinterpretations of Italo-Albanian traditional folk music.

Photo by Francesco Paolo Lavriani.

From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo.  

Details

Date:
Monday, September 23, 2019
Time:
6:30 pm
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Website:
http://www.casaitaliananyu.org/events/arbëreshë

Venue

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU)
24 West 12th Street
New York City, NY 10011 United States
Phone
212.998.8739
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Organizer

Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimó (NYU)
Phone
24 West 12th Street
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