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"Kanun: shattered lives in a hidden Albania"


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Hejmelit. A member of the Zef Tuku family asks the Shuk Ndoci family for its forgiveness. Bishop Bode Gjergi is the gaurantor of the reconciliation ceremony between these two families. Reconciliations are very rare and often require years of mediation. The Catholic church has played an important role in these attempts at pacification. Usually reconciliations are marked by an air of festivity, but in this case great tensions remained between the families and at the end of the ceremony there were no celebrations.
 

 

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