That's why they take to the streets, in the streets of Buenos Aires, the Albanians of Argentina, because they want to show that they are alive, that they breathe Albanian. You see them in the photo, dressed in national costumes, with the national flag, with the flag of Skanderbeg.
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| Albanians of Argentina and Chief Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in Argentina, His Eminence, Alejandro Greco |
At this festival, the Chief Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in Argentina, His Eminence, Alejandro Greco, announced that dozens of Albanian families had participated, dressed in their folk costumes, praying, singing, and dancing, along with other groups in this celebration from the Society "Friends of the Community", and a group from the Albanian Ballet..."
They didn't take to the streets to imitate the Church, but they showed Argentina who they are and with 600-year-old desires: 'Long live our beloved homeland! God bless all the heroes of our nation who sacrificed themselves for the freedom and justice of our nation!!! Long live Illyria and Holy Dardania!!! Long live Albania and our Pelasgian-Illyrian history! I am proud of you, Red and Black Flag, the most beautiful in the world! Red and black are our colors, the Eagle lives on the flag, head held high and very proud, we tell the world that we are Albanians! Long live all of Albania - Pelasgian - Illyrian, one of the oldest states on this planet that no one can erase our Albanian essence!'
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| Argentinian Albanians on the street with national clothes and symbols |
We have one difference, these are led by Alejandro Greco, Albanian Archbishop (of Arbëreshë origin from Italy), who alongside his prayers from his faith, "jematit" shows who they are, where they came from, and who their first homeland was and why and when they left Arbëria.
The Albanian Society of Berisso (Berisha) also has its church, as well as its cultural center, Arbereshe. The Albanian collective of Berisso "La Sociedad Albanesa de Berisso" (Sociedad Albanesa de Berisso, was formed in 1907, and their center has been on Calle Valparaíso y Río de Janeiro. In the town of Berisso (Berisha) in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is part of the urban area of the Municipality, Greater La Plata, which has a population of about 95,000 inhabitants (2001 census), it is said that there is also a fairly large community of Arbëreshë. Their roots start with the descendants of Skanderbeg, who migrated to Argentina centuries ago. (Sociedad Albanesa de Berisso, was formed in 1907, and their center has been on Calle Valparaíso y Río de Janeiro).