DY VALLE LUMJANE BURRASH (“Klliçoja e dytë” dhe “Vallja e kësulave”)
TWO LUMJAN MEN’S DANCES

Summary/Abstract: In the Albanian popular dancing the region of Luma in the in the vicinities of Kukës attracts in a great measure the attention with the richness of its traditional repertory. Th author in his studies has made objects of study even other times the dances of this region. In this article he analyses extensively two of them: “The Second Këlliçoja” and “The Dance of the Caps". Both are men’s dances and are characterized by an inner dynamics which reflects in a symbolic manner the manliness, bravery and force of the Albanian. As such, the author includes them in the epic genre, in the dances of military and valiant spirit. Both the dances are analysed separately, through some features and characteristics which they bear. It separated the second dance, which is impermeated by a determined fable. The choreographic transcription, the respective putting in musical notes and the presentation of the photos complete better and better the lumjan ethnochoreographic image and the Albanian one in general.

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