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On the site "https://dka.oszk.hu/" we can find an image titled "DKA-008936" titled "Szerb komitácsi" which means "Serbian komitadji" or "outlaw". This is incorrect. The man in the photo is clearly an Albanian, as he is wearing both the Albanian wool costume, and the plis (qeleshe).

Author and translator: Petrit Latifi.

Balkan Academia

Debunking Hungarian portrayal of an Albanian as “Serbian”

On the Hungarian site “dka.oszk.hu” we can find an image titled “DKA-008936” titled “Szerb komitácsi” which means “Serbian komitadji” or “outlaw”. This is incorrect. The man in the photo is clearly an Albanian, as he is wearing both the Albanian wool costume, and the plis (qeleshe).

Source

https://dka.oszk.hu/html/kepoldal/index.phtml

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