Oda (Albania)

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A typical Oda

Oda is a typical large room in an Albanian traditional house used by the host to receive and entertain the guests.

Usage

Oda are used by the host to receive and entertain the guests.

epic songs until late hours. During an oda "session", historical events and traditions are transmitted orally through discussions and songs.[3]

In the odas, knowledge were handed down the generations through

classrooms and home-schools to resume and conserve Albanian education.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kostovicova 2005, pp. 113–114.
  2. ^ Lanzinger 2006, pp. 244.
  3. ^ Lanzinger 2006, pp. 244.
  4. ^ Kostovicova 2005, pp. 113–114.

Sources

  • Kostovicova, Denisa (2005). Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space. Routledge. .
  • Lanzinger, Margareth (2006). Women's Movements: Networks and Debates in Post-communist Countries in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Böhlau Verlag Köln, Weimar, Wien. .