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1334:, this oral tradition may have been fabricated by the Kelmendi in the nineteenth century as they had recently incorporated the area as its fourth bajrak in ca. 1897, and legends of common descent would allow for better accommodation. Although, Malcolm acknowledges that it is unlikely that these legends of shared patrilineal ancestry were just constructs as these traditions were socially vital due to strong taboos against marriage to cousins related through the male line and the importance of tribal identity. 47: 1352:
In the first reliable census taken in Albania in 1918 under Austro-Hungarian administration, the population statistics of the Boga tribe were given as follows: 34 households with a total of 228 inhabitants. This comprised the settlements and surroundings of: Kolaj and Preçaj.
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on 29 September, by the slaughtering and roasting of sheep on a spit. The Boga sustained themselves primarily from their herds, which grazed on the rich mountain pastureland in the summer. In the winter period, they drove their animals as far as the region of
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The Boga maintained close ties and relations with the Shala and Shkreli, however, they sided with the more powerful Kelmendi which protected them and with whom they shared common patrilineal kinship.
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According to an oral tradition of the Kelmendi recorded by Yugoslav anthropologist Andrija Jovićević, the vast majority of the brotherhoods from Boga trace their ancestry back to the figure of
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Boga is situated in the upper valley of the Përroi i Thatë (Dry Creek) in northern Albania. It makes up the uppermost part of the valley on the road from
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is attested in the 1688 map of the Venetian cartographer Francesco Maria Coronelli and on the 1689 map of the Italian cartographer
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families, which lived in 9 villages: Gjokaj, Preçaj, Malej, Gegaj, Mihaj, Leshaj, Mikaj, Ulgjekaj and Nrej.
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brotherhoods were also incorporated into the community, as is the case with the
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Rebels, Believers, Survivors : Studies in the History of the Albanians
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to the south. The main settlement of the small tribe is the village of
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In Karl Steinmetz's travel, he concluded that they were made up of 75
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is debated. One theory maintains that it is derived from Albanian
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territory. In present times it is administratively a part of the
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Il Diritto delle Comunità - Nella Tradizione Giuridica Albanese
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The Boga tribe is Catholic, and it celebrates the feast of
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Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen. Teil 2: Ortsnamen
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The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture
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Index

Boga Tribe
Albanian tribes
Malësia e Madhe
Hoti
Gruda
Kelmendi
Shkreli
Rrjolli
Kastrati
Trieshi
Koja
Marsheni
Tuzi
Gruemiri
Reçi
Lohja
Lepuroshi
Boga
Dukagjin highlands
Bobi
Shala
Shoshi
Shllaku
Dushmani
Toplana
Mavriqi
Mazreku
Prekali
Pult
Kiri

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