It is crazy that you live in a city like Prishtina that has more than one museum for 20 years and you still do not know where it is until your professor tells you to go there and narrate how you feel and what you see there. I went there with my two colleagues and we were fascinated by the things that we do not know about our history
We went to the national museum and we started from antiquity, the Ancient time. We were surprised how people at that time did not have elementary education but they were pretty creative even though they lacked the equipment to make artistic artifacts. For example, the design of vases was beautiful and we were curious about how they did it and at the same time we were jealous in one way that even though we have everything now, we are still not creative as they were.
Moreover, as we were walking and experiencing a little taste of the history periods, we arrived at the most magnificent time of Albanian history, the “Illyrian Period”. I have not read about Illyrians since the fifth grade and when I was looking at the sculptures but at the same time reading the notes that were given, it gave me a small nostalgia and a feeling of melancholy because it sent me right away to, primary school and how simple life was. I was fascinated about the jewelry, how beautifully hand made were.
After that we arrived at the newest and still most painful time for Kosovars, the 90s. As soon as I stepped into the second floor I had some chills all over my body. I was lucky that I did not experience the war, however I could now feel the stories of my grandmother that she was telling us about the war and the hero Adem Jashari when we were kids and how she used to describe what they did at that time. I was looking at all the photos, the evidence of the tough war and how Albanians stood with courage and persistence to win the war with the help of America, the best friend of our country. Of course, without America ,who knows where we would be, let alone if we would be alive, that is why we started to have a deep conversation there about the impact of America in our country.
After I figured out that I actually like to visit museums, I decided to go also to the Ethnological Museum. It was the most turning point in my life because I have not experienced those kinds of houses there. I was fascinated by the architecture of the house and the other rooms. For instance, the kitchen wasn't like today's kitchen and something interesting because it was in the same room as the dining room. Another thing that I found quite unbelievable was the table they used to eat and sit in those chairs. I tried to test if I would be able to enjoy food in that way, but it was hard to adapt immediately.
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