The Village Who Relives Once a Year

It's old David, who's holding the sun, the village he's spending the rest of his life in. The 82-year-old says there was life in this village once. He looks forward to his childhood and youth.

This place is good, it has good air, who's sick of lungs or asthma, it's good place. I was born here and raised... They've all left the country, but I didn't let go, and I stayed here, saved the animal... We've been on 28 houses before, and now we've got seven, eight houses.<x1...

It has not been easy for the 82-year-old to see his village empty. He has been waiting for the summer and the village for nine years to come back to life, as he once remembers. He even says that throughout his life, he experienced two great joys.

And I'm very glad that this Ethnofest was opened, and even Kosovo brothers' sisters were coming... . The people who come can see that this is a healthy place, a game place, who enjoy joining themselves boys and girls, it's a great pleasure... I've cooled once all, I said I'm a village by myself, but now that he's been enriched I'm very pleased, I'm more satisfied that I've only been once now when my children have been rescued from war”, he relates.

This house represents history, known as the oldest in this village, this reinforcement, now nine years, has opened the doors to host numerous guests from around the world. In the beautiful village of Kukaj in Pristina, the edition of the Ethno Fest Festival is continuing for nine years, which promotes the genuine values of traditional and modern art and culture.

Ethno Fest artistic director Ilaz Hysa says this festival is a widespread event. It tells of activities involved during this year's edition.

We have many visual arts exhibitions, ethnographic exhibitions, many plays and various performances. Athelie demonstration, old craft and artisans, traditional culinary. And many other activities, which in one form or another, present in a comprehensive way the tradition, our old culture that is threatening to fade or disappear, Hysa said.

Visitors are able to see 11 exhibitions, three ethnographics and eight visual arts, artisans and athelia works of sculptors. He says he is very pleased with the number of visitors in this edition.

Come on: We had as many as 600 visitors a day in the first two days.

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We have noticed that this year we have a significant increase in the public and all layers, from children, the elderly, who are staying up until the late hours of the night, because we have fun program, after the official program.

And Valmir Krasniqi, who plays the elder on this show, says the text is very absurd and that it is a great challenge to play such a role.

There's more variations, so when there's two characters on the stage, they're very quick to satisfy viewers, don't be something special, don't be interesting or funny. It is also a major challenge”, he says.

Show director “Karrigas” Astrit Bytyqi shows that more than two months have worked on this show.

It's absurd to a big-known actor Jonesco. He's got two characters, he's the third one, but the third character comes to the bottom. But those who keep the show are two characters, the old and old. He's here at 8:00 tonight, and I hope we have a good time. The National Theatre has been well received, we have received very good comments for the show. As a process we've been working on the show for two months, now let's see what's going on here this evening”, he says.

Bytyqi tells what this show contains.

These guys have their imaginations, they're always expecting people, but they don't really get one. But always their dreams, which they had in their lives to realize, their successes imagine. They talk to people who are not present, they talk to a doctor, they talk to a commander who has always imagined their life”, he added.

The central theme of Ethno Fest this year is the traditional home of Albanians. This festival started on August 20th and ends tonight.

The oldest elder in this village, who is already keeping this village alive, does not stop singing songs that remind her of her past.