https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy Sociology Culture Project en-us 2019-02-13 01:28:41 UTC 2025-12-07 10:43:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/356212460/1f05a7beb2238a41670ab667d3df2372/download.png carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/330632771 In Albania, the main art is indigenous music. Albanian artists play unique instruments such as a lahuta (a one-stringed instrument played with a bow) and the tarabuka (a drum made of pottery and goat skin). ]]> 2019-02-13 01:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/330632771 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/330633505 Albanian arts is very different from American arts. Albania mainly focus on native music, and the U.S focuses on broadways. The only thing Albania and the U.S have in common is music, and even then its different, Albania listens to native music, and the U.S listens to pop.]]> 2019-02-13 01:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/330633505 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331013703 This is a tarrabuka, a native instrument that Albanians still use.]]> 2019-02-13 19:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331013703 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331015271 In Albania, wood and stone carvings, pottery, woolen rugs, embroidery, and decorated clothing are common folk arts.]]> 2019-02-13 19:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331015271 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331019661 The most spoken language in Albania is Albanian, but some parts of the country speak Greek, Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian. The Albanian alphabet has 36 letters (7 are vowels), and two dialects are spoken in Albania: Gheg, in the north, and Tosk, in the south. ]]> 2019-02-13 20:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331019661 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331026066 In Albania, they speak all different types of languages, while most of the U.S can speak only one (two if we're lucky). The Albanian alphabet has 36 letters and the U.S has only 26. I'm not sure if the U.S has any dialects.  ]]> 2019-02-13 20:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331026066 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331026099 2019-02-13 20:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331026099 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331026135 The Albanian language is one of the three surviving Indo-European languages besides Armenian and Greek.

]]> 2019-02-13 20:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331026135 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331042391 During the Ottoman era, most Albanians were Christian, but under the Turks, they converted to Islam. Roughly 57% of the population is Muslim, 10% Roman Catholic, 7% Orthodox Christian, 2% Bektashi, and some percentage of Atheist. ]]> 2019-02-13 20:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331042391 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331044671 While Albanian religion varies, about  70% of Americans are Christians. Albania only goes to church on holidays, and the U.S goes to church every Sunday. The one similarity between American and Albanian religions is that some parts practice Roman Catholic.  ]]> 2019-02-13 20:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331044671 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331044714 2019-02-13 20:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331044714 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331044737 In 1967, Albania was proclaimed as the first atheist state in the world. Under the leadership of Enver Hoxha, religion was banned and anyone breaking the law was to be jailed for 3 to 10 years.

]]> 2019-02-13 20:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331044737 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503388 Rural Albanian families do not permit young people to date until they are engaged. Before 1945, most marriages were arranged. Now, the rural families can make their own choices, but they're still heavily evolved in the selection process. Most men get married in their late 20s or early 30s, while women get married in their early 20s. ]]> 2019-02-14 20:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503388 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503430 In the U.S, most families don't have arranged marriages, like some families in Albania do. U.S families also don't force couples to get engaged before they date. The one similarity between The U.S and Albania is that most people get married in their 20s or early 30s.]]> 2019-02-14 20:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503430 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503496 This is what most Albanian weddings look like.]]> 2019-02-14 20:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503496 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503535 At one point, girls were usually married between the ages of 13 and 16, and boys were usually married between the ages of 15 and 18]]> 2019-02-14 20:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331503535 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331943023 If you nod your head in Albania, that meets "no", and if you shake your head, that means "yes". If you show both hands with open fingers and palms up parallel to the chest, means "this conversation is over.". ]]> 2019-02-16 00:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331943023 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331943569 Similar to the U.S, Albania does the same gesture for "perfect", which is putting your thumb and your index finger together and topping it off with a wink. Another similarity between the U.S and Albania is that if you pat a persons shoulder, it means "I am proud of you". The last similar gesture is that eye contact is important. ]]> 2019-02-16 00:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331943569 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331944873 2019-02-16 01:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331944873 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331945225 A "thumbs up" gesture means "okay," but an inverted "thumbs up" is impolite, meaning "You'll get nothing from me." ]]> 2019-02-16 01:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/331945225 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332476993 Education is important to Albanians, and is mainly peoples top priority to get a great education. Children start school at the age of six and are required to go to school for 9 years, but they have a choice to stay at school longer. Schooling is also free.]]> 2019-02-18 22:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332476993 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332483102 In America, you have to go to school for 12 years, and in Albania you only go for 9 years. Schooling is free for everybody in Albania, and schooling is very costly in the U.S. Similarly, education is a top priority in both places.]]> 2019-02-18 23:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332483102 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332485578 2019-02-18 23:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332485578 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332485767 Schoolchildren in primary and private schools wear uniforms to school.]]> 2019-02-18 23:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332485767 carter_hannah https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332486085 http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=2 ]]> 2019-02-18 23:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/carter_hannah/dtl25ncns6xy/wish/332486085