We invite you to come along with us on a virtual journey as we join two mountain shepherds on their daily duties to a remote family hut in the Accursed Mountains of North Albania. Also known as the Albanian Alps, these wild mountains are home to the fierce Kelmendi tribe and their descendants.
In this episode we drive one of Albania's most incredible roads to reach the once-inaccessible villages that lie beyond.
We visit the historic ruins of the Kelmend region's oldest church and learn how the tribe fought off the Ottomans and the communists, holding onto their Catholic beliefs and traditional values for centuries.
We follow to shepherds for a day, battling with heavy rain and unforgiving wind. We venture through the mountains to a remote shepherd's hut. Here we find our guide's family tending to their livestock and seeking shelter from the elements. We are invited in for rakia and Turkish coffee and even get to sample some yogurt from their herd of goats.
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This film is a behind-the-scenes look at a photographic project we are working on in the North of Albania; you can view our other work from this project over on @lbjournals.
