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Posted:Sun 21 of Jun, 2009 (02:06 UTC)DOD GJERKAJ AND GJON KUMLLAKU WERE BOTH BORN IN HOTEN BARBULLUSH SHKODER ALBANIA.
Nosh Gjeka (Mernacaj)
People and Facts
Posted:Sat 01 of Dec, 2007 (01:49 UTC)Mali i Jushit is a small town in Shkoder district in Albania. It is situated 25 km from Shkoder city. The earliest settlers came from Selce, Kelmen. Kelmeni is situated in the most north point of Albania. Kelmeni used to be part of district of Shkoder, now district of Malsia e Madhe.
Later settlers populated Mali i Jushit from Hoti and Shkreli, both towns of Malsia e Madhe.
This town might have 2000 habitants, but most of the people have migrated to West-Europe and USA. During the Communist Regime, Mali i Jushit was a part of Barbullush Cooperative. People worked for the government cultivating agricultural crops.
The houses lay along the “Mali i Barbullushit” hill that extends from Kukel to Juge. Juge was renamed “Fshati i Ri” during the regime and most people call this town Mali i Jushit, but in fact the two are separate towns.
Mali i Jushit is a town where everyone knows everyone; same people have lived there for half a millennium, except for very few cases. People usually live in harmony and help each other.
Some of the Historical bullets:
1948: 2 brothers Kol and Gjek Marash Mernacaj were accused of a crime they did not commit as an excuse to put them in jail. Kola escaped the jail of Shkodra and fled to ex-Yugoslavia. Gjeka followed his brother shortly after.
1988: 2 young guys from Mali i Jushit, Gjek Mark Kumbullaku and Dod Fran Gjerkaj, tried to escape to ex-Yugoslavia and were brutally killed by the Communist Border Patrol near Buna river.
1990: Marash Gjeka (Mernacaj) fled to ex-Yugoslavia, starting a new generation of immigration for Mali i Jushit poeple. Today, most of the people between ages 1750 live abroad.
Mali i Jushit has one elementary school, (from 1st grade to the 4th.) There are a couple of small grocery stores and a beauty salon.
There are no hotels, restaurants, bars, coffees, or any other hanging out places.
People hang out in each others houses, drinking homemade coffee and homemade grappa, or bear and wine.
Later settlers populated Mali i Jushit from Hoti and Shkreli, both towns of Malsia e Madhe.
This town might have 2000 habitants, but most of the people have migrated to West-Europe and USA. During the Communist Regime, Mali i Jushit was a part of Barbullush Cooperative. People worked for the government cultivating agricultural crops.
The houses lay along the “Mali i Barbullushit” hill that extends from Kukel to Juge. Juge was renamed “Fshati i Ri” during the regime and most people call this town Mali i Jushit, but in fact the two are separate towns.
Mali i Jushit is a town where everyone knows everyone; same people have lived there for half a millennium, except for very few cases. People usually live in harmony and help each other.
Some of the Historical bullets:
1948: 2 brothers Kol and Gjek Marash Mernacaj were accused of a crime they did not commit as an excuse to put them in jail. Kola escaped the jail of Shkodra and fled to ex-Yugoslavia. Gjeka followed his brother shortly after.
1988: 2 young guys from Mali i Jushit, Gjek Mark Kumbullaku and Dod Fran Gjerkaj, tried to escape to ex-Yugoslavia and were brutally killed by the Communist Border Patrol near Buna river.
1990: Marash Gjeka (Mernacaj) fled to ex-Yugoslavia, starting a new generation of immigration for Mali i Jushit poeple. Today, most of the people between ages 1750 live abroad.
Mali i Jushit has one elementary school, (from 1st grade to the 4th.) There are a couple of small grocery stores and a beauty salon.
There are no hotels, restaurants, bars, coffees, or any other hanging out places.
People hang out in each others houses, drinking homemade coffee and homemade grappa, or bear and wine.
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