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- In traditional Albanian culture, Gjakmarrja (English: "blood-taking", i.e. "blood feud") or hakmarrja ("revenge") is the social obligation to kill an offender...
- – discuss] but highly valued rules. In Albanian culture it is called gjakmarrja, which usually lasts for generations. In tribal societies, the blood feud...
- (a head for a head) where relatives of the victim are obliged to s**** gjakmarrja (blood vengeance). Nineteen percent of male deaths in İşkodra vilayet...
- which was particularly important in a society in which blood feuds (gjakmarrja) resulted in the deaths of many male Albanians, leaving many families...
- traitors to the Motherland – kin punishment practiced in Soviet Russia Gjakmarrja Glossary of **** Germany Guilt by ****ociation Kin punishment Lidice m****acre...
- the murder of a taxi-cab driver. Citizen's arrest Divine retribution Gjakmarrja Hanging of Patrick O'Connor Jungle law Noble cause corruption Ochlocracy...
- communities through into the present day. Blood money Feud Honour killing Kanun Gjakmarrja Krvna osveta Kilpatrick, Alan (1998). The Night Has a Naked Soul - Witchcraft...
- still persist in some areas, notably in Albania with its tradition of gjakmarrja or "blood feuds", revenge that is carried out not only by the individual...
- established in 1957, which was the first of its kind in Albania. The medieval Gjakmarrja (blood feud) was banned. Malaria, the most widespread disease, was successfully...
- society; shame and dishonor, regarded as worse than death; besa and loyalty, gjakmarrja. Another characteristic of Albanian heroic songs are weapons. Their importance...