Çamëria Pictures

Albanian Fighter from Çamëria (in the south of Balkans). The only reason this is different from the dress of Albanians in the north of Balkans is the difference of the weather climate..south Balkans is very warm and thus the dress reflects suitability and confort to that..! Althought the kilt (Fustanella) was worn also by Albanians on the North of Balkans.

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The Hungarian sociologist, Baron Nopcsa, believed that the Albanian, or Illyrian, kilt became the original pattern for the Roman military dress, and, because of its similarity to the Celtic kilt, he also theorized that the Roman legions in Britain, through the presence of its Illyrian element, probably started the fashion among the Celts (it may also be interesting to note that the Celtic word for "Scotland" is "Alban").

The ancient Illyrian City of Dodona in Chameria

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Marko Boçari (1790-1823), an Albanian suliot (from the heartland of Chameria). A warrior and a Scholar, he composed an Albanian dictionary of 484 Albanian Lexoms of the Suliot dialect of Albanian. This is preserved at the Biblioteque Nationale in Paris (Suplement 251), also a Paris metro station is named after him)

Marko Boçari (1790-1823)

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