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A man from Fushë-Arrëz had simply

built a house on my family's land.

 

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I went there and chopped down

all the trees he planted.

 

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As well as the fence he put up.

 

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Nobody thought he had

the right to live there.

 

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But no one dared to say anything.

 

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That night I destroyed everything.

 

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At night, they arrested me

and brought me to the police station.

 

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I was the only woman. My brother

and others were also arrested.

 

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I will slice through you

with my sickle.

 

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Oh God.

 

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My name is Lule Bib Luka.

 

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I was born in Tuc

 

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in the house where I still live.

 

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I am the only one born here,

who still lives here.

 

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My brother's children

have finished their schooling.

 

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Now I am the only one left in Tuc.

 

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Fortunately they visit often.

 

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But in this house

I live alone with my sheep.

 

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I never knew my father.

 

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He died before I was born.

 

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My brother and sisters

did get to know him.

 

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My mother had to take care of the land,

the sheep and her four children.

 

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I was the youngest. The smallest

and ugliest girl in the family.

 

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Sometimes fire literally came out

of my mouth. I had a temper.

 

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In the past, marriages were arranged

on the basis of friendship.

 

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I was eight years old

when I heard that I was engaged.

 

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A family looked

for a suitable wife for their son.

 

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A good relationship could lead to

an agreement. That is how it went with me.

 

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I called my fiancé "uncle''

 

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because he really was the uncle

of children I played with.

 

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I kept calling him uncle,

until my sister asked:

 

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"Why do you call him uncle?

He is your fiancé."

 

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When I realized that he was not my uncle,

I changed my attitude towards him.

 

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It was tradition for your fiancé

not to see your face.

 

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From then on, I knew that I didn't

have to call him uncle anymore.

 

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When I was young,

I did not protest against my engagement.

 

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But when I got older,

I decided to stay with my brother.

 

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One day I overheard people talking.

 

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The conversation was about my brother.

 

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They said that it was too much for him

and that he could not make it alone.

 

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He could not do all the work

if there was no one to help.

 

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When my sisters would marry,

my brother would be left alone.

 

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My brother would be the only one

to manage all the sheep and land.

 

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My brother's wife

was thin and physically weak.

 

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How will you live if you cannot farm?

Then you can't harvest either.

 

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After listening to the conversation,

I asked myself the question:

 

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''Lule, is it possible that you stay

with your brother to help him?''

 

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Eventually I spoke up

and told everybody

 

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that I didn't want to marry

in order to stay with my brother.

 

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I swore that three

of my family members could be killed

 

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if I would ever marry anyone else.

 

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But in this life I will not marry.

I will stay with my brother.

 

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I made that promise to myself

the day I turned 16.

 

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My mother told me on her deathbed:

"Lula do not make this mistake.

 

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Your brother and sister-in-law love you

 

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but if their kids marry

and have children

 

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there will be no more room for you."

 

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"Mother, I know you will die

but I stand by my decision.

 

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I will stay with my brother and his wife."

 

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My brother and I.

 

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This is my brother and I chose

to stay with him as a burrnesha.

 

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I was determined,

I would stay forever.

 

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I was determined and I didn't want

anybody to change my mind.

 

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My brother-in-law

arranged a weapon for me.

 

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That way,

nobody dared to change my mind.

 

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I use my weapon to stop people.

Stop!

 

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If somebody comes to steal

 

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then I shout stop. "Stop!".

 

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I will kill him.

I have to turn the weapon.

 

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I actually held it the wrong way up.

 

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If someone tries

to hurt me or my sheep

 

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it is not like I will not use it.

I shout stop and then I will shoot.

 

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This part you open. You put a bullet in it,

close the lid and pull the trigger.

 

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This will fire the bullet from the rifle.

 

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Up until now I have never had to use it.

 

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They know that I am armed.

 

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They are afraid to come

because they know I am like a guy.

 

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I have been awake with fear, at night.

 

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When I heard cars,

I'd stand by the window, all night.

 

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All night, I would stay in this room

with the rifle against the window.

 

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Why I was scared?

 

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When I was about 23 years old,

I was kidnapped.

 

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My fiancé kidnapped me with the help

of his friends who gave him the idea.

 

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They told him, if you take her home

she'll stay there because she is young.

 

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I was lying in bed with my mother

when they came to take me.

 

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There was another path

and they used it as a getaway.

 

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They thought they would not

get caught in the mountains.

 

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During that time,

the village authorities were being informed.

 

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My brother informed

the village authorities.

 

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We were at the cabin.

 

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They walked up and down

along the mountain.

 

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I tried to scream,

but they held my mouth shut.

 

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The police went straight

to my fiancé's house.

 

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The village elders reported

the kidnapping he had organized.

 

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My brother Kole

informed them I had been kidnapped.

 

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Armed police went after them.

 

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The kidnappers took me

until we reached my fiancé's house.

 

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Right before we reached his house,

the police had already arrived.

 

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The police took me back.

 

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When I was at the police station,

the police told me

 

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I should marry someone else.

 

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I said I would never insult him that way,

just like I would not insult God.

 

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I just wanted to stay with my brother.

 

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If I had to choose

between being hanged or married

 

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I would choose hanging.

 

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Back then, you simply

could not cancel an engagement.

 

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If it had happened to another family

people would have been killed.

 

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I would have owed

not one but three lives

 

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if I would have insulted

or traded him for somebody else.

 

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But I didn't want to trade him in.

I just wanted to stay with my brother.

 

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My ex's family was sad

because we were already friends.

 

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They were surprised I cancelled

the engagement. That rarely happened.

 

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Luckily the family was different:

otherwise it would have been war.

 

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I run into my ex fiancé in Fushë-Arrëz

every now and again.

 

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I see him

during weddings of cousins.

 

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We shake hands

and everything is fine.

 

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My brother wanted me

to wear men's clothes.

 

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He said, if you want to stay, take

your headscarf off. I will give you a hat.

 

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My brother used to wear a hat.

But I didn't want to change.

 

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One day I am a woman, and the next

a man? No, I didn't want that.

 

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Being a burrnesha is a state of mind,

not what you wear.

 

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I gained respect in Kryzi

for being persistent.

 

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They called me burrnesha.

 

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Here people used to meet

about the livestock.

 

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Two communist councils

allocated land and work.

 

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I was member of the board,

that is why I came here.

 

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I was member of the general board, which

was more important than the special board.

 

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They wanted to levy a fine

on a shepherd from our neighbourhood.

 

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He worked with corporate livestock

 

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part of which was eaten by a wolf.

 

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Then I said:

"With your permission, chairman, I'll stand."

 

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"So why did he sit at the wolf's cave?"

asked the chairman.

 

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"That man can't help

that the cattle is gone," I said.

 

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"Please sit down, Lule".

 

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"But chairman, just because

they call that cave the wolves' cave

 

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doesn't mean there are actual wolves.

 

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The wolves probably

came from the mountains."

 

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I told them:

"Do whatever you all want with the fine."

 

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"No, you are also a board member and

we listen to each other," the chairman said.

 

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Because I worked with livestock,

they listened to me.

 

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They forgave the man.

 

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Here is some water.

 

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It doesn't matter,

one of the others will drink it.

 

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What is wrong with your eye?

Tears are coming out of it.

 

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I finished primary school.

 

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And I don't want to brag

but I was a very good student.

 

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In those four years

at primary school I studied hard.

 

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The blackboard hung there.

 

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The school benches stood there.

 

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Math, music, history, biology

 

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and geography.

We had five books.

 

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I was seven when I first went to school.

 

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There were also 16, 17 year-olds

and they didn't dare to talk to me.

 

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I was small

 

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but a little crazy and I knew

how to defend myself fiercely.

 

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This book is about Enver Hoxha's ideas

but there aren't any pages left.

 

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Here it says Enver Hoxha.

 

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Revolutionary issues

 

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and socialist development.

 

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In my time it was considered shameful

for a women to go to school.

 

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But the government made it

a requirement for both boys and girls.

 

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I got my high school experience

 

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thanks to the women

around my village.

 

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The young women did not want

to attend night school without me.

 

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But I was too old to study.

I was middle-aged.

 

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Two teachers came from the city.

 

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They told my brother

that I had to come as well.

 

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Otherwise the other women would not go.

 

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It was a requirement to go to school.

 

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But the girls didn't want to go without me.

 

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Everyone had to finish their required

studies. There was no way around it.

 

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But I did not spend much time on my

studies. My thoughts were with the sheep.

 

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When I am with my sheep

 

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I forget all my troubles.

 

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Come to your mother.

 

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They really listen to me.

 

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And they do not just follow me.

They really listen.

 

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I listen carefully to them as well,

I have grown old with them.

 

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Come, Kishmira.

 

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Come, drink.

 

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I get tears in my eyes when I think

about how difficult her life has been.

 

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She has sacrificed a lot

for her birthplace and her brother.

 

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More than I can say.

 

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In our family, her opinion

mattered more than my father's.

 

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Together with my father, she took

most of the important decisions.

 

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Did aunt Lule go up?

 

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She is up there.

 

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A pregnant ewe stopped moving one day.

I had to perform a Caesarean section.

 

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I waited for 24 hours

but the lamb did not come out.

 

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I cut and pulled the lamb out alive.

 

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We raised the lamb inside

on milk from the bottle.

 

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When the lamb grew bigger,

it was used to coming into our bedroom.

 

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My brother came inside and saw the lamb

and thought it wanted to kill him.

 

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"Lule!"

"Yes, Kole?" I asked.

 

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For God's sake,

sell or slaughter that sheep.

 

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He wants me dead.

 

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I told him he wouldn't kill us

and I couldn't slaughter it.

 

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Because I had grown

to love the little lamb.

 

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For me, personally

 

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it is a big change

that she will come to live with me.

 

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Together with my wife, children

 

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and we hope that aunty will spend her time

more pleasantly from now on.

 

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Come, aunty, come down carefully.

 

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Come aunty, come. How is it going?

Will you be able to keep them together?

 

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Come over to me.

 

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Make way for the sheep,

they need to continue on.

 

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I also have somebody else's sheep

with me. Sorry, but my work continues.

 

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Give me your hand, hard worker,

you must be tired.

 

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Did you have a good trip?

 

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How wonderful.

You raised the sheep well.

 

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Are you tired?

 

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I see you have a cane.

 

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Old people always walk with a cane.

 

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So it has come to the point

that you walk with a cane.

 

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I brought you watermelon for tonight.

 

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Come to your mother.

 

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Look how round

the lamb has become.

 

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I am going in here...

 

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We will sell the sheep, right?

 

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Yes, we will get rid of them.

I decided not to keep any of them.

 

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I don't have the strength

to keep them anymore.

 

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If there was more family,

then maybe it would be possible.

 

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We'll leave the work behind

and you will live with us in Fushë-Arrëz.

 

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When I am free from work we can

go to Tuc for our pleasure.

 

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Agree?

 

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Fully.

 

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Many people have asked

about the possibilities to acquire the sheep.

 

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But you determine the price.

 

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It doesn't matter to me.

 

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The money I make from it

I'll give to you anyway.

 

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The buyers want a fair price.

We cannot just give them away.

 

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We must respect the person

that will buy the sheep.

 

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And take the poor into consideration.

 

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Last year, I invested 500 euro

to feed the sheep.

 

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Past year?

-Yes, past year.

 

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A colleague asked me

how I could calculate it. Simple, I said.

 

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I didn't calculate my working hours.

 

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I just counted the expenses.

 

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All the work

went into collecting food.

 

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It was 300 euro for the person

who cut and dried the grass.

 

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And another 145 euro for somebody

to get rid of the weeds.

 

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Let's walk next to each other

like two gentlemen.

 

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I have to bring these sticks

to the other side of the bridge.

 

244 00:33:21:14 00:33:23:03

Why?

 

245 00:33:23:06 00:33:25:15

I walk here every day with a stick

and wood-gatherers notice that.

 

246 00:33:25:18 00:33:29:16

They take my sticks for the fireplace

and I have to start looking for new ones.

 

247 00:33:29:19 00:33:36:10

I will put them, out of sight. When I go out

with my sheep I will find them.

 

248 00:33:42:17 00:33:44:08

I'll sit in the front.

 

249 00:33:51:06 00:33:52:20

Go ahead and open it.

 

250 00:33:53:07 00:33:57:14

I used to be such a good student.

 

251 00:34:08:02 00:34:09:23

Can you read it?

 

252 00:34:12:18 00:34:18:12

Anton...Agim.

 

253 00:34:21:03 00:34:27:14

Albert Adria...

 

254 00:34:27:17 00:34:31:21

Oh yes, Adriatic.

 

255 00:34:32:20 00:34:37:20

What are the numbers for?

 

256 00:34:37:23 00:34:39:22

They are numbers from the register.

 

257 00:34:40:00 00:34:46:09

That is for finding information faster.

 

258 00:34:46:12 00:34:54:16

And with that number

that is possible.

 

259 00:34:54:20 00:34:57:10

So now that I will no longer be

a sheepherder

 

260 00:34:57:13 00:34:59:18

I can easily learn to become an engineer.

 

261 00:34:59:21 00:35:03:00

Did you hear how I read the list?

 

262 00:35:06:19 00:35:09:07

Welcome to Fushë-Arrëz.

I read it correctly, right? Yes.

 

263 00:35:23:18 00:35:26:00

It is like rain.

 

264 00:35:40:23 00:35:43:19

Hello, aunty.

-Hello, it is so nice to see you all.

 

265 00:35:43:22 00:35:46:03

I hope you will have a good time.

 

266 00:35:46:06 00:35:49:16

Hopefully your exams go well

and you will get engaged to be married.

 

267 00:35:49:19 00:35:55:03

I hope to see this as long as I am alive.

For you and for me.

 

268 00:35:55:06 00:35:57:14

Are you finished

working with the sheep now?

 

269 00:35:57:17 00:36:02:04

If I can't sell them,

I'd rather slaughter and eat them.

 

270 00:36:02:07 00:36:04:04

I can't go up the mountains anymore.

 

271 00:36:05:16 00:36:07:24

For how long have you

been telling us that?

 

272 00:36:08:02 00:36:10:16

No, this time I made my decision.

I'm tired.

 

273 00:36:16:19 00:36:19:04

When you vote,

you have two ballot papers.

 

274 00:36:19:07 00:36:26:21

One ballot is small

and contains two names.

 

275 00:36:26:24 00:36:30:21

Tick the box next to the candidate

you want to vote for.

 

276 00:36:30:24 00:36:34:09

The other ballot contains many names.

You vote for the party there.

 

277 00:36:34:12 00:36:40:14

Tick the box next to the name

of the party you want to vote for.

 

278 00:36:41:20 00:36:44:09

You know my sheep are at home.

 

279 00:36:47:11 00:36:50:12

My sheep are at home.

 

280 00:36:50:15 00:36:52:08

Lule, this is a serious place.

 

281 00:36:52:11 00:36:55:06

That is true.

But my sheep are at home.

 

282 00:36:58:21 00:37:04:19

Education is the country's future.

 

283 00:37:04:22 00:37:11:08

Fushë-Arrëz secondary school.

 

284 00:38:12:19 00:38:16:11

Everybody gets sad when they are alone.

Who would not?

 

285 00:38:16:14 00:38:19:14

A cat or a dog cannot be alone either.

 

286 00:38:19:17 00:38:21:08

So how can a human stay alone?

 

287 00:38:21:11 00:38:25:11

But you must make an effort

if you want to live without begging.

 

288 00:38:25:14 00:38:32:00

You must work.

You need to make an effort.

 

289 00:38:32:03 00:38:38:05

Every job

requires a different kind of effort.

 

290 00:38:38:08 00:38:41:07

Mental and physical.

 

291 00:39:06:20 00:39:09:01

Come, Kishmira, Briska.

 

292 00:39:09:04 00:39:11:08

I never regretted my decision.

 

293 00:39:11:11 00:39:16:22

I knew what the consequences were.

I was not blind nor deaf.

 

294 00:39:17:00 00:39:20:01

I have seen people with their families,

children and women with their husbands.

 

295 00:39:20:04 00:39:22:23

But I was determined.

 

296 00:40:52:03 00:40:56:19

Are you comfortable there?

 

297 00:41:00:19 00:41:03:09

The mother of the lamb

died while giving birth.

 

298 00:41:03:12 00:41:06:05

That is a year

and three months ago now.

 

299 00:41:26:17 00:41:29:00

Be careful that the sheep

do not go back outside.

 

300 00:41:29:03 00:41:32:19

I will use my rope here first

and then we'll use your rope outside.

 

301 00:41:43:00 00:41:46:03

They look so alike,

it is difficult to recognize them.

 

302 00:41:49:00 00:41:55:24

Last June, a little lamb was born.

He got lost in the mountains

 

303 00:41:56:02 00:41:59:12

and it has never been found.

 

304 00:41:59:15 00:42:04:18

A man wanted one of my sheep

and he'd pay for it later.

 

305 00:42:04:21 00:42:07:05

I said I could not do that

 

306 00:42:07:08 00:42:14:17

because food for the sheep

in winter alone costs 500 euro.

 

307 00:42:14:20 00:42:18:11

That way, Kishmira.

 

308 00:42:18:14 00:42:21:05

Last year June.

 

309 00:42:21:08 00:42:28:22

This sheep has given birth

to only one lamb, half a year ago.

 

310 00:42:29:00 00:42:32:13

Will you help me bring

the sheep to the car?

 

311 00:42:32:16 00:42:37:20

Yes, yes.

First, I must get outside too.

 

312 00:42:37:23 00:42:41:20

The sheep are so strong, they resist.

 

313 00:42:41:23 00:42:43:18

Be careful you don't hurt yourself.

 

314 00:42:43:21 00:42:46:24

Give me the rope for a moment.

 

315 00:42:47:02 00:42:52:18

I will help you.

Go now.

 

316 00:42:54:17 00:42:59:05

Then out the window.

 

317 00:43:00:05 00:43:01:24

Oh, he is heavy.

 

318 00:43:05:03 00:43:07:03

I will walk with you.

 

319 00:43:09:24 00:43:12:00

If I can get out through the window,

that is.

 

320 00:43:16:23 00:43:19:06

This sheep will not come

without a rope.

 

321 00:43:21:03 00:43:26:08

I swear to God,

I wish you all the best.

 

322 00:43:26:11 00:43:30:11

Will you celebrate?

 

323 00:43:30:14 00:43:35:16

Unfortunately,

I can't celebrate Saint Michael's Day.

 

324 00:43:35:19 00:43:37:17

Then I would have to go

and return in one night.

 

325 00:43:37:20 00:43:40:03

I cannot just leave

the sheep by themselves.

 

326 00:43:40:06 00:43:46:09

Kishmira, come.

Kishmira come to your mother.

 

327 00:43:50:05 00:43:54:12

Kishmira, come to your mother.

 

328 00:43:58:11 00:44:00:21

Be careful that they do not stumble.

 

329 00:44:21:17 00:44:27:22

You have tied them good.

For God, my Son.

 

330 00:44:28:00 00:44:30:18

I leave you, go in peace.

 

331 00:44:30:21 00:44:34:24

I feel so sorry for them. The rope

is dangerous, it can choke them.

 

332 00:44:35:02 00:44:37:22

Don't worry,

I have a knife in my coat pocket.

 

333 00:44:38:00 00:44:40:09

If anything like that happens

I will cut the rope loose.

 

334 00:44:40:12 00:44:42:16

I will take five tufts of wool

because it's the custom.

 

335 00:44:42:19 00:44:45:11

I won't pull them all the way out,

it is just for the idea.

 

336 00:44:46:10 00:44:49:02

That is your custom.

 

337 00:44:56:10 00:44:58:01

Best wishes.

 

338 00:45:16:18 00:45:19:14

If I think about how all my sheep

will soon be gone...

 

339 00:45:19:17 00:45:22:15

I feel just like an orphan.

I am so used to having them around me.

 

340 00:45:22:18 00:45:25:16

Can you imagine,

how I must feel without my brother

 

341 00:45:25:19 00:45:28:07

after having lived with him

until he was 83 years old?

 

342 00:45:38:13 00:45:42:17

How did the sheep sale go?

 

343 00:45:42:20 00:45:46:18

I agreed a decent price.

 

344 00:45:46:21 00:45:51:07

It was 100 euro for the sheep

and 60 euro for the lamb.

 

345 00:45:51:10 00:45:54:04

I did not make the price too high.

 

346 00:45:55:22 00:45:57:24

That is good, not too expensive.

 

347 00:46:02:04 00:46:04:09

Did he leave satisfied?

 

348 00:46:04:12 00:46:06:10

Yes, he was satisfied.

 

349 00:46:06:13 00:46:11:19

Even though I am 77 years old,

I took great care of the sheep.

 

350 00:46:11:22 00:46:13:12

You are not a trader

 

351 00:46:13:15 00:46:17:18

but still you know the worth of things.

 

352 00:46:20:20 00:46:25:16

Why does Kristina want to see you?

 

353 00:46:25:19 00:46:31:04

I don't know.

We'll go and see.

 

354 00:46:34:00 00:46:37:22

Aunt Lule.

-Tell me.

 

355 00:46:42:17 00:46:44:18

Good of you to come.

 

356 00:46:44:21 00:46:46:11

Good that I found you.

 

357 00:46:46:14 00:46:50:13

This gift is still for your 75th birthday.

 

358 00:46:50:16 00:46:53:23

I do not know if you will like it.

-Thank you very much.

 

359 00:46:54:01 00:46:55:21

We give it with pleasure.

 

360 00:46:55:24 00:47:00:03

Thank you very much,

thank you for this honour.

 

361 00:47:00:06 00:47:06:19

This is the dress and the scarf.

-Thank you very much.

 

362 00:47:06:22 00:47:10:03

I think it is very beautiful.

 

363 00:47:10:06 00:47:15:02

And this?

-Thank you for this honour.

 

364 00:47:15:05 00:47:18:19

Do you like this too?

-There is nothing nicer.

 

365 00:47:19:19 00:47:24:07

And these?

-Yes, very pretty.

 

366 00:47:24:10 00:47:27:02

Thank you.

 

367 00:47:27:05 00:47:29:17

You have always said

you wanted this.

 

368 00:47:29:20 00:47:32:16

I thought about this

and I wanted good death clothes.

 

369 00:47:32:19 00:47:38:06

Our tradition is that you wear this

for your wedding and your death.

 

370 00:47:38:09 00:47:42:09

Because you never married,

you'll get these clothes as a gift.

 

371 00:47:42:12 00:47:44:14

I wanted to have this.

 

372 00:47:44:17 00:47:47:15

Now that we have your clothes

we hope you'll live to be 100.

 

373 00:47:47:18 00:47:50:11

Oh, I forgot something.

-I am very happy.

 

374 00:47:50:14 00:47:56:06

I think you will like this belt.

Look, do you think this is nice?

 

375 00:47:56:09 00:47:59:05

Yes, of course, I think it's pretty.

 

376 00:47:59:08 00:48:07:16

Do you like it?

-Yes, I love it.

 

377 00:48:07:19 00:48:14:13

I will put everything together now.

 

378 00:48:14:16 00:48:19:04

Even though we have these for you,

I hope you'll live to be 100 years old.

 

379 00:48:19:07 00:48:25:14

You are always working,

but we also want to see you relax.

 

380 00:48:25:17 00:48:28:23

You have given me a nice surprise.

 

381 00:48:29:01 00:48:32:08

You are most welcome.

 

382 00:48:32:11 00:48:36:11

And it is for your 75th birthday.

 

383 00:48:36:14 00:48:42:21

May you become 100. From the bottom

of my heart, 100 years and more.

 

384 00:48:42:24 00:48:48:22

100 years?

I will not live to be older than 80.

 

385 00:48:49:00 00:48:52:04

But why? You have worked your whole life

and now you must relax.

 

386 00:48:52:07 00:48:54:21

There is no time to rest.

It is time to go to the other side.

 

387 00:48:54:24 00:49:00:02

No, the kids want to see you

when they get home from school.

 

388 00:49:00:05 00:49:06:01

Instead of going to Tuc

they will find you here.

 

389 00:49:06:18 00:49:09:04

I will put everything back in the closet.

 

390 00:49:09:07 00:49:14:08

I do not deserve such respect.

 

391 00:49:14:11 00:49:17:14

No, you are wrong, you do deserve it.

 

392 00:49:17:17 00:49:23:05

This is the least we can do for you.

You deserve more.

 

393 00:49:23:08 00:49:30:09

It is our duty: we are your children.

You do so much more for your children.

 

394 00:49:30:12 00:49:34:08

Thanks to you,

I was able to go to school.

 

395 00:49:34:11 00:49:38:00

You took care of the children

so I could attend school.

 

396 00:49:39:19 00:49:47:07

Thank you for remembering

my work. Thank you so much.

 

397 00:49:50:23 00:49:55:02

Come.

-Let's go to the living room.

 

398 00:50:12:16 00:50:17:09

Now this democracy,

has made men and women equals.

 

399 00:50:17:12 00:50:21:21

In my time, the man

was superior to the woman.

 

400 00:50:21:24 00:50:26:19

It is better that men

and women are equals now.

 

401 00:50:26:22 00:50:30:05

It is better that women

are no longer oppressed.

 

402 00:50:31:10 00:50:34:10

No, they are equals.

 

403 00:50:34:13 00:50:41:01

And, on the other side, women

shouldn't order their men around either.

 

404 00:50:47:23 00:50:52:24

You could say

that I was the first and last burrnesha.

 

405 00:50:53:02 00:50:57:05

Nobody should live as a burrnesha

but I did it for my brother.