It has been nearly two months since the Serbian state managed to register the instrument of Lahuta as part of its culture in UNESCO.

The Organization for Education, Science and Culture of the United Nations has already accepted that “singing with GUSLE”, in this case, Lahuta, belongs to the cultural heritage of Serbia.

Cultural institutions in Albania and Kosovo are continuing to react, insisting that the Lahuta as a musical instrument belongs to other Balkan peoples as well, KTV’s “Express” reports. The Minister of Culture, Kujtim Gashi, has stated for KTV that the Ministry he leads has already created a file in which it is argued that the Lahuta has been used since ancient times in Albanian lands.

On the other hand, the Parliamentary Commission for Culture of the Assembly of Kosovo has sent a letter to the address of UNESCO, in which it writes that the instrument for epic songs does not belong only to the Serbian people.

The letter of the commission headed by MP Ismajl Kurteshi, was initially sent to the Embassy of Kosovo in Paris, with the aim of the latter sending it to the address of UNESCO.

“Lahuta does not express the cultural identity of a single people, in this case the Serbian one. The lute is an old musical instrument Kardofon. This musical instrument has spread in Europe and abroad. Even today, some peoples use the lute, with some differences from each other. From these selected arguments which the institutions in Albania and Kosovo possess, we aim to prove that the lute does not belong to just one people, but to many peoples, and among them, the Albanians. We hope that you will also treat this instrument as such”, writes the Commission’s letter.

“The goal of the Commission is to at least say that this musical instrument does not belong only to Serbs, but also to other peoples, including Albanians, and for this, we provide arguments. I hope that our countries will start working on this issue”, said MP Ismajl Kurteshi, who currently heads the Parliamentary Committee for Culture.

Days ago in Kohavision, the epicologist Zymer Neziti stated that the UNESCO professional commission, based on the arguments, should not have declared that “Gusla” or “Lahuta” is an instrument that belongs to the region.

The Minister of Culture in Albania, Mirela Kumbaro, said that “by the delegation of Albania to UNESCO, it has been pointed out again that the cultural practice of “Singing with the lute” is historically present and is a living cultural practice in a very across South-Eastern Europe, not only in Albania, Kosovo, but also in Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia”.

“The goal of the Commission is to at least say that this musical instrument does not belong only to Serbs, but also to other peoples, including Albanians, and for this, we provide arguments. I hope that our countries will start working on this issue”, said MP Ismajl Kurteshi, who currently heads the Parliamentary Committee for Culture.

Days ago in Kohavision, the epicologist Zymer Neziti stated that the UNESCO professional commission, based on the arguments, should not have declared that “Gusla” or “Lahuta” is an instrument that belongs to the region.

The Minister of Culture in Albania, Mirela Kumbaro, said that “by the delegation of Albania to UNESCO, it has been pointed out again that the cultural practice of “Singing with the lute” is historically present and is a living cultural practice in a very across South-Eastern Europe, not only in Albania, Kosovo, but also in Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia”.

“The goal of the Commission is to at least say that this musical instrument does not belong only to Serbs, but also to other peoples, including Albanians, and for this, we provide arguments. I hope that our countries will start working on this issue”, said MP Ismajl Kurteshi, who currently heads the Parliamentary Committee for Culture.

Days ago in Kohavision, the epicologist Zymer Neziti stated that the UNESCO professional commission, based on the arguments, should not have declared that “Gusla” or “Lahuta” is an instrument that belongs to the region.

The Minister of Culture in Albania, Mirela Kumbaro, said that “by the delegation of Albania to UNESCO, it has been pointed out again that the cultural practice of “Singing with the lute” is historically present and is a living cultural practice in a very across South-Eastern Europe, not only in Albania, Kosovo, but also in Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia”.

Source

Taken from KOHA. It is requested that UNESCO not recognize Lahuta only as belonging to the Serbs – KOHA.net