Author: Enri Lala Wreckage of the Kater i Radës motorboat, photographed in March 2012. Photo courtesy of Arta Ngucaj and Arben Beqiraj. Lab song, Southern Albanian music, iso-polyphony. However we refer to it, the musical tradition of the Lab region in the Albanian South has long enjoyed a notoriety both for its antiquity and peerless value. Indeed, the pioneering work launched by Harvard scholars Millman Perry and his student Albert Lord has demonstrated that extant musical

Authors: Enri Lala and Valton Vuçitërna. The following contributions were drafted by Chief Editor Enri Lala and Deputy Chief Editor Valton Vuçitërna to mark the release of the first Arbanon Magazine physical issue. This debut publication will be launched at the annual Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu Street Fair, which will be held in the heart of Bronx, New York on Sunday, May 3 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Enri and Valton’s letters are included at the outset and conclusion of the

Author: Bleron Zajmi Albanians marching in a post-World War II celebration march on Swanston Street, Melbourne, c. late 1940s. Courtesy of Fikri Taip as part of the collection of the ‘Kurbet’ exhibit at the Victoria Museum, which was organized through the collaborative efforts of the Immigration Museum of Victoria, the Australian Albanian Women’s Association, and numerous Albanian Australian individuals from the local community. The exhibition was held between 19 November 200