Himara in 1854

[Morphesau]

Wanabe Greek Himariots ?

Please explain what you mean by wanabe Greek Himariots....

[TirAlb]

Originally Posted by Morphesau

Wanabe Greek Himariots ?

Please explain what you mean by wanabe Greek Himariots....

Just read my posts in this thread,and on all other threads related to Himara and you will understand.

[Morphesau]

Originally Posted by TirAlb

Just read my posts in this thread,and on all other threads related to Himara and you will understand.

I have read your posts, but what I am disturbed about here is that it's the Albanians that are the wanna be Greek.... here. Shouldn't that area be called Southern Albania ? Can you people be original for once and stop acting like the Skopjians.

[TirAlb]

Originally Posted by Morphesau

I have read your posts, but what I am disturbed about here is that it's the Albanians that are the wanna be Greek.... here. Shouldn't that area be called Southern Albania ? Can you people be original for once and stop acting like the Skopjians.

No because we are speaking only about a couple of villages in the south Albanian coast,and i don't think im the Fyromian in this topic.

[Morphesau]

Originally Posted by TirAlb

If you want to know more about it,just make a quick search on google or you tube,i bet the only non Albanian results you will find are the above Wanabe Greek Himariots,or some equivocal quotes saying like always that Albanian polyphony like everything else in the Balkans is just regional and not national,without citing any fact to back their statement.And even it is regional it means that it is an Albanian regional phenomenon.

Originally Posted by TirAlb

No because we are speaking only about a couple of villages in the south Albanian coast,and i don't think im the Fyromian in this topic.

It's really Albanians who are the wanna be Greeks here on anceint Greek soil.

[Morphesau]

Originally Posted by TirAlb

kostas were exactly that article says that Himariots are Greeks?
Some of my points are even streesed there,like the inaccessibility of the region and the easyness of reaching Korfu with a boat.

Online Encyclopedia for five year olds. Seems Kostas's topic was too much for you.
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Himar%C3%AB

There are two theories concerning the origins of the name Himara . The first one is geographic as well as folkloric; the ancient (and Byzantine) city was situated on a hilltop surrounded by a torrent [χείμαρρος (himaros) in Greek] and was thus named Himara (Χειμάρρα). The second theory proposes that the Greek city took its name from Χιμάρα, a corruption of the name Χίμαιρα (Chimera). This version is archaeologically attested as, at the ancient Greek acropolis of the city, an ancient epigraph reading in Doric Greek: "Phoebus Apollo founded the city of Chímaira" (ΦΟΙΒΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΧΙΜΑΙΡΑΝ ΕΠΟΛΙΣΕΝ) was unearthed. However, most Greek inhabitants of Himara use both versions of the name for the city and this practice seems to go back to Byzantine times when official documents referred to Himara both as "Χειμάρρα" or "Χιμάρα" .


In 1799, Himarë came under the rule of Ali Pasha Tepelenë, a Muslim enemy of the Himariotes who had risen from being an Albanian leader to the position of ruler of all of Epirus.


These tablets were inscribed in Turkish and are still preserved to this day in the Topkapi palace museum in Constantinople (modern Istanbul,Turkey). Himarë was occupied by Italy during the First World War, when the Italians used Austro-Hungarian war prisoners to build a road running through Himara, which greatly reduced the region's isolation. Following WWI, the "Protocol of Corfu" was signed and recognised the Greek character of Himara even though it did not entail the long standing dream of the Himariotes to unite with mother-Greece. Later, Himara was again occupied by the Italians as the rest of the Italian Invasion in Albania. The Italian Fascist Army was evicted by the Greek Army during the Greek-Italian war of 1940-41 and Himara was briefly annexed to Greece until the German invasion, April 6, 1941.[6]

[TirAlb]

Originally Posted by Morphesau

It's really Albanians who are the wanna be Greeks here on anceint Greek soil.

Its an Albanian soil.I don't care about the ancient holder,because as i said im not the Fyromian in this thread,but neither the Greek,so i glady leave to you both roles.

[Morphesau]

Originally Posted by TirAlb

Its an Albanian soil.

With Hellenic culture to go with it Only the Hellenes bautify things.

I don't care about the ancient holder,because as i said im not the Fyromian in this thread,but neither the Greek,so i glady leave to you both roles.

Yes you do, Zeus is Albanian according to Albanians, so is Epiros according to Albanians and that the Greek Parthenon in Athens was built by an ancient Albanian tribe of Parthini and that Adam and Eve were Albanians LOLOLOL

You people make me laugh so hard

[TirAlb]

[quote=Morphesau;76947]With Hellenic culture to go with it Only the Hellenes bautify things.

What exactly?Please show me all this beautiful hellenic heritage of himara.I would love to visit it,because as far as im concerned except for some byzantine monuments builded by the locals,the only thing worth to see there is the sea,or it is Hellenic too?

Yes you do, Zeus is Albanian according to Albanians, so is Epiros according to Albanians and that the Greek Parthenon in Athens was built by an ancient Albanian tribe of Parthini and that Adam and Eve were Albanians LOLOLOL

You people make me laugh so hard

No i don't,because im not enough informed about,but i believe that personages like Zeus,Adam,Eve or Santa Clauss are fictional,so they can't have an ethnicity,and sorry if i ruined any of your childhood believes,especially about the last guy.

[kostas68]

TirAlb,why are you trying so insistently to prove that Himariots are Hellenized Albanians?Hmmm,i begin to suspect something...