Edith Durham Professions : ArtistBorn : December 8, 1863Died : November 15, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Edith Durham They are strewn with the wreckage of dead Empires - past Powers - only the Albanian "goes on for ever." Edith Durham albaniagoes-onpast The fellows who amuze me are the Albanians. An Albanian on the mash is almost exactly like the medieval swells of the Italian frescoes & the first ones we met quite startled us. They wear the tight-fitting trunk hose made of woolen stuff hooked up the back of the leg. It is white with long black stripes of embroidery down the leg & at the top in front the shirt is pulled through slashes. They are long slim chaps with dandy little moustaches & are most theatrical in effect. Edith Durham italianwhitelong There is a peculiar pleasure in riding out into the unknown. A pleasure which no second journey on the same trail ever affords. Edith Durham ridingjourneytravel I shall speak only of the part I have stayed in- the districts of Lakes Ochrida and Presba. Here there are Greeks, Slavs, Albanians, and Vlahs. Of Turks, except officials and such of the army as may be quartered on the spot, there are few. The Albanians, I believe, are all Moslem. Should there be any Christians they would be officially classed as Greeks. A large part of the land near Lake Presba is owned by Moslem Albanians as ' chiftliks '(farms). Edith Durham armychristianbelieve Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artistAll Authors
