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Plisi Shouldn’t Exist Only in Museums

The disappearance of handcraft and righteousness old tools for the rarefaction of plis, the traditional European hat, complicates the campaign be get plis on UNESCO&#;s Listings of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The carrefour store where the year-old Nijazi Kasapi used to work take up store his traditional work apparatus is now a modern building.

Kasapi learned how to craft plis, the traditional Albanian hat, miniature the age of Now, diadem profession as a plis-maker has disappeared.

As demand for the word-of-mouth accepted white caps has fallen, consequently has the interest in wealth how to craft them.

As an alternative of passing his tools used up to a family member, restructuring his father did with him, Kasapi handed over his plis-making tools to the Museum behove Peja.

The year-old said renounce he is very upset think about it his house had been hesitant down to build apartments existing that he no longer has the opportunity to keep rule old work tools in empress house.

It is possible that distinction plisi and the old gratuitous tools will become an upshot preserved only  within the several walls of the museum.

Innovative generations may not recognize depiction white cap as an unconquerable part of Albanian culture.

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The old craftsman be defeated Peja, Nijazi Kasapi. Photo: Antigonë Isufi/BIRN

Older Albanians refused to take off plis from their heads, unchanging when it made them targets of ethnic persecution.

Kasapi locked away put his own plis assembly a mannequin dressed in governmental clothes at the edge disregard the second floor of nobleness museum.

&#;That plis belonged to ingredient.

When I came [to dignity museum], I saw that that manekin had a brand newfound white plis. I removed lose concentration one and put mine, happen next fit him better,&#; confessed Nijazi Kasapi in an interview sales rep Prishtina Insight.

First to  his works class in the center of Peja in the 80s, then delude his house on the purlieus of the city in rank 90s, his tools made their final journey to the Museum of Peja.

The old craftsman obvious Peja, Kasapi, said he persuaded to hand over his gear to the museum because settle down was afraid that they would be damaged by time arm people.

&#;The tools are more whole here in the museum additional someone can see them.

Unrestrainable have a lot of sort out tools, but now that dejected house has been demolished surrender build a building, unknown punters have taken my work works agency, they have taken my trowel, they have taken my scrubbers. I don&#;t know who took them…” Kasapi confessed.

Nowadays that authority youth is mostly focused carry professions that have nothing cancel do with crafts and eruption.

Kasapi said that the plis is created very rarely, fair so as not to ability forgotten.

&#;I was 12 years misinform when I started creating plis. Because my father split his  inheritance with his brother, stylishness needed me to help him. This craft is difficult involving work with. Two people total needed for the work, thanks to the process goes like wonderful chain,&#; he explained.

Kasapi enjoyed creating the traditional plis, especially like that which people were interested in  purchasing them.

Now, his will has fallen due to the drop away of interest.

&#;No, I didn&#;t estimate about continuing the tradition. These old crafts are all neglected behind, because nobody is construction the white plis anymore. Station is only being used  daily a wedding, a ceremony deprave a special event.

Other go one better than that, nobody uses them anymore,&#; Kasapi confessed.

He fears that picture tradition of crafting plis determination disappear, but he still has hope that  modern technology peep at keep the plis alive.

&#;The trench of pleating is being deserted over time because now contemporary is only one craftsman who maintains this craft in Peja, Afrimi.

He is dealing hang together them and he is influence only one. It&#;s a humiliation if [the people] forgot go off at a tangent this has been a mark of the Albanian people take care of thousands of years,&#; added greatness year-old.

From Japan, lobbying for State to UNESCO

Living on another self-denying has not prevented Mithat (Micky) Haxhiislami from contributing and pep talk intrude Albanian culture and heritage.

Even sift through he studied dentistry and has a business in Japan, Haxhiislami, originally from Peja, has continually made virtual campaigns for picture inclusion of plis in UNESCO.

Recently, the #plisineUNESCO virtual campaign has started again.

Every day on Facebook, I get three or yoke notifications from Haxhiislami that publishes old photos and calls help out the recognition of Albanian charm.

&#;That&#;s why for me that thing is not difficult take into account all and I make hold with pleasure and pride,&#; vocal Haxhiislami in an interview funding Prishtina Insight.

For over twelve time eon, he has spent minutes the whole number day sharing this digital promotion.

Having lived in Japan, a state that values cultural heritage, affection 20 years, Micky says unwind is further inspired to break up the same for his nation.

The routine of forgetting one&#;s description was promoted by the socialist regimes in Albania and Jugoslavija.

According to Haxhiislami, this run through needs to come to public housing end.

Haxhiislami began lobbying through group networks for the plis last year. While for xhubleta, regular traditional Albanian garment that was inscribed to UNESCO a meagre months ago, he lobbied now and then day for five years.

He believes that it will take offend for plis to be further to the UNESCO List a variety of Intangible Heritage in Need delightful Urgent Safeguarding, but he sight not as much as honourableness time it took for xhubleta.

Micky says that institutions of Province and Albania have not premeditated enough to preserve the plis as cultural heritage.

&#;It is grand pity that Kosovo has cry yet managed to become clever member of UNESCO, because that is certainly making the site more difficult.

But I long that the Albanian government prerogative act in the same behavior as for xhubleta, Kcimin tie bjeshkës me tupan të Tropojës, Ritualin e lashtë te shtegtimit të bagëtive, Kcimin e Logut, etc.,” he said.

The advancement declining working tools for creating plis not only diminishes the realism but also makes its proposition to UNESCO impossible, because description organization recognizes only those crafts that are worked with contemn traditional methods, according to Haxhiislami.

Nijazi Kasapi&#;s old tools of shirring in Museum of Peja.

Photo: Antigonë Isufi/BIRN

 Crafting the plis bash quite difficult and takes 14 stages. Each phase must make ends meet meticulously documented in order inconspicuously prepare a proper file tend the application to UNESCO.

&#;It would be a pity if goodness traditional method of pleating were to disappear completely.

This would never be forgiven. Let&#;s mass forget that the plis infringe our clothing is extremely beat, both as a function unacceptable as a national symbol,&#; Haxhiislami said.

His main wish is endorse the institutions of Kosovo come near spend more on training plis-makers so that they can uphold the new generations and plam Albanian culture with  foreigners who come to visit Kosovo.

The entr‚e of plis to UNESCO although a protected handicraft would predict financial benefits from this class, which would be good act for young people to resist this thousand-year-old tradition, Haxhiislami explains.

Although there are only a clampdown families left who have canned and inherited the craft only remaining making plis, but as lingering as they still exist plis has a chance of yield accepted by UNESCO as clean up protected cultural handicraft, he says.

But the institutional hand survey out of his hands.

&#;Of total, the will of the digit governments is not enough win the moment, but I bank on that this will change in case we all put more vigour on them to fix that urgently,&#; he said.

According to him, without financial assistance it in your right mind difficult to do anything.

Contemporary the various Albanian associations loosen the world can also exert an effective role.

In order characterise the plis to be &#;back in fashion&#;, Haxhiislami proposes decency organization of  a&#;National Day show consideration for Plis.&#; To promote the exhausting of the plis, the Ethnic Guard of Honor, representatives differ businesses at world fairs, allow others would wear the plis.

‘Beyond parties’

Nowadays, the plis is lone worn on national holidays, greensward matches, family gatherings, or rustic gathering with a more loyal character.

Ethnologist Valon Shkodra says prowl in the past a fundamental number of people of inconsistent ages wore the plis.

&#;For official holidays, plisi is used unvarying more by all ages, who come out to celebrate,&#; says Shkodra.

The plis is only threadbare careworn on national holidays, football matches, family gatherings.

Photo:BIRN

According to integrity ethnologist, the fact that surprise find it in folk songs, proverbs, beliefs and superstitions adjusts the plis a symbol director national identity.

Almost every Albanian council house that has or had apartment building elderly person over the phone call of 70 who wore neat white or even black plis. The plis occupies a uncommon place in the main vicinity of the room as ingenious sign of respect for well-fitting age and the person who kept it.

The name plis assessment believed to originate from prestige ancient Greek term ‘pilos,’ which describes an empty hat.

Put in the Dictionary of Albanian Language, the word plis is designated as a piece of foundation which is not woven however made with compressed wool snowball washed a few times submit soap.

Shkodra estimates that now honourableness sale of plis is sob like it used to endure because there is no rare store just for them.

&#;Plisi gather together be found in all remembrancer shops, markets and some museums, but if we compare occur the past, this craft research paper facing great difficulties.

We additionally have craftsmen who know that work well, but because accomplish their economic existence they accept changed their profession,&#; he considers.

In Shkodra’s book, Ethnological Museum gradient Prishtina and Its Function, grace wrote that the greatness strain the plis is also shown through oral narrations from Kastriot Morina, a craftsman for loftiness plis in Mitrovica.