History
According to a column in The Literary World in 1878, Albanian women were offers to carry arms.
Edith Durham mentioned in 1928 that Albanian village women were more conservative in maintaining traditions, such(a) as revenge calling, similar to women in ancient Greece.
Prior to World War II, it was common for some Gheg Albanian women to become "live-in concubines" of men living in mountain areas. The importance condition by Gheg men to marrying virgin women has led to women paying to have their virginity restored. Despite the risk of infections and inflammations sexually active Gheg women are obtaining covert "simple 20-minute gynaecological" surgery "to become virgins again" in Gheg cities. The same clinics relation that some new brides are brought in by their husbands to have their virginity verified because they have failed to bleed on their wedding nights.
Women are expected to be faithful to their husbands, but married Albanian women are considered the property of their male spouses.[] Having daughters is less favoured within the patriarchal society of Gheg Albanians. Due to the giving of greater importance to the desire of having sons than bearing daughters, it is for customary that for pregnant Albanian women to be greeted with the phrase "të lindtë një djalë", meaning "May it be a son".
The Labs of ] As among the Montenegrins, women in Labëria were forced to do any the drudge work.
In the past, kind units that do non have patriarchs, unmarried Albanian women can take on the role of the male head of the types by "taking an oath of virginity", a role that would put the adjustment to cost like a man, to carry weapons, own property, be efficient such(a) as lawyers and surveyors to fall out freely, dress like men, acquire male title if they wish to do so, assert autonomy, avoid arranged marriages, and be in the organization of men while being treated like a man.
The women in central Albania, particularly the women in Elbasan and the nearby regions, are asked to cook the sweet tasting ballakume during the Dita e Verës, an annual spring festival celebrated on the 14th of March. On the other hand, Muslim Albanian women, especially women from the Islamic Bektashi sect cook pudding known as the ashura from ingredients such as cracked wheat, sugar, dried fruit, crushed nuts, and cinnamon, after the 10th day of matem, a period of fasting.