Dordolec evil eye in Southern Albania - stock photo

Lazarat, Girokaster County, Southern Albania - April 7th 2010 : ¨Dordolecs¨, a kind of talisman to protect against evil eye, in the shape in this case of a ram skull, a teddy bear and a collar of empty cans of beer, hung from a fence around a family home. Easilly confused with scarecrows or randomly abandonned toys, dordolecs are placed around someone´s property to prevent it from passer-byes envy or jealousy which might lead to him trying to acquire, damage or ruin it. The centuries old tradition of the dordolec, nearly extict during the Communism, developed back since the early 1990s. Otherwise, Lazarat village, is known as the ¨cannabis capital of Albania¨.
Lazarat, Girokaster County, Southern Albania - April 7th 2010 : ¨Dordolecs¨, a kind of talisman to protect against evil eye, in the shape in this case of a ram skull, a teddy bear and a collar of empty cans of beer, hung from a fence around a family home. Easilly confused with scarecrows or randomly abandonned toys, dordolecs are placed around someone´s property to prevent it from passer-byes envy or jealousy which might lead to him trying to acquire, damage or ruin it. The centuries old tradition of the dordolec, nearly extict during the Communism, developed back since the early 1990s. Otherwise, Lazarat village, is known as the ¨cannabis capital of Albania¨.
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