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Graveyard

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At the beginning of the 20th century about 25% of males died in blood feud killings. No one knows exactly how many deaths there have since the communist regime collapsed in 1991, but they are in the hundreds – many old feuds going back generations re-opened. Some of the older crosses in graveyards still bare ancient sun designs; these are symbols of the ancient Illyrian faith, before the local population’s conversion to Christianity in the 4thC. Much of the Kanun also dates back to that period if not before. Ndrejaj village.