Why did Albanian women have to pretend to be men?
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Diana looks like an old man in a military beret, but she’s a burrnesha. That’s what they call Albania’s last sworn virgins, who made an oath of celibacy in exchange for leading the life of a man.
Diana’s brother died, so she took his place. Diana was a tomboy and had always stood up for her female neighbours. Albanian women invariably became burrneshas through social necessity, not because they were transgender or gay.
Some burrneshas agreed to live as men because their families had lost a patriarch. Others chose the path because it was just easier to live as men, who could own property, move freely, work, drink and smoke.
Happily, these days, Albanian women don’t have to become burrneshas to enjoy these freedoms. So the custom is all but dying out.
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Why did Albanian women have to pretend to be men?
#photo#Albania
Diana looks like an old man in a military beret, but she’s a burrnesha. That’s what they call Albania’s last sworn virgins, who made an oath of celibacy in exchange for leading the life of a man.
Diana’s brother died, so she took his place. Diana was a tomboy and had always stood up for her female neighbours. Albanian women invariably became burrneshas through social necessity, not because they were transgender or gay.
Some burrneshas agreed to live as men because their families had lost a patriarch. Others chose the path because it was just easier to live as men, who could own property, move freely, work, drink and smoke.
Happily, these days, Albanian women don’t have to become burrneshas to enjoy these freedoms. So the custom is all but dying out.
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Il Parlamento albanese ha approvato una proposta di legge per legalizzare l’uso della cannabis a scopo terapeutico ed industriale.
L’obiettivo è quello di incrementare le entrate fiscali dello Stato.
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Questa mattina Papa #LeoneXIV ha ricevuto in udienza Edi Rama, Primo Ministro della Repubblica d’#Albania, il quale ha successivamente incontrato il Cardinale Pietro Parolin, Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità, accompagnato da mons. Paul Richard Gallagher, Segretario per i Rapporti con gli Stati e le Organizzazioni Internazionali.
"Nei cordiali colloqui in Segreteria di Stato - fa sapere la Sala Stampa vaticana in una nota - si sono rilevati i buoni rapporti esistenti tra la Santa Sede e la Repubblica d’Albania e sono stati affrontati temi di comune interesse attinenti alle relazioni tra la comunità ecclesiale e quella civile. Nel prosieguo della conversazione, ci si è soffermati pure sulle principali questioni regionali, tra cui la situazione nei Paesi dei Balcani occidentali ed il cammino dell’Albania verso la piena integrazione nell’Unione Europea".
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We are sharing the moving story of one of Albania’s heroines. Lali was a beautiful girl who changed genders to become her family’s male protector, according to ancient Albanian tradition. She took a vow to be a burrnesha or sworn virgin. Check out our video to meet this extraordinary person.
Find out more about the ancient tradition in the film The Virgins.
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Bedri Gosteroni, 65, was born female, but she had to take on a man’s role after her brother’s death. As a result, she became a burrnesha or a sworn virgin. The word ‘burrnesha’ translates as ‘he-she’.
It’s a centuries-old tradition in northern Albania from the medieval canon of laws known as the Kanun. When the male heirs of a family died or were killed, a daughter could assume the role of patriarch by taking a vow of celibacy. So Burrnesha dress and live as men. They are very rare these days, and most people, even in Tirana, have never heard of them.
Take a journey across the mountains of Albania in search of burrneshas in the documentary, The Virgins.
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