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| Picture taken by Kaona Sejdiu |
It was a sunny Thursday,
and I came to the faculty with the only thought: to attend my lectures and go
home. As I was waiting in the halls of our department, I heard some colleagues
talking about visiting the museum which I had completely forgotten about. I
wasn’t planning to go anywhere that day because I was too tired. But soon as we
entered the classroom, I turned around to my friend and suggested we visit the
museum. It was spontaneous, at that moment I guess I was only thinking of a way
to get rid of the assignment the professor assigned us. Since neither of us
lived in Prishtina, I took my phone immediately and opened google maps and got directions
to the” National Museum of Kosovo”. I lowkey was excited, maybe because I had
seen this museum on people’s posts but never actually had the chance to visit
it. After a day full of lectures, we finally got out of the department and headed
to the museum.
The past in the present
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Tear bottles found in the Roman Period
Picture taken by Kaona Sejdiu |
Soon as we arrived there, we were welcomed by a tour guide who
asked us whether we would like to take a tour on our own or have her walk us
through. We wanted to know more about what we saw, so she gave us a tour. On
the first floor of the museum, we went through different eras of our ancestors
where we discovered many interesting characteristics of each period starting
from "The Neolithic Age” followed by "The Metal Ages” and "The Roman Period”. We
had the chance to have a close-up look at the tools Illyrians used in their
everyday life, such as needles made from animals’ teeth, accessories, food tanks,
axes, and food containers all handmade. Something I never heard of in my life was
the tear bottles in the Roman era made from glass. During this period Illyrian
women used to fill these bottles with their tears when their spouse died and
bury them with the dead body. The moment the bottles drained; the mourning
ended. We were also told that these tear bottles were used by women whose husbands
went to war. The more tears they shed, the more loyal they were. In a way, it
was a form of demonstrating their love and loyalty toward their husbands.
A rollercoaster of emotions
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Independence Declaration and flags that recognize Kosovo
Picture taken by Kaona Sejdiu |
As we were heading out, the tour guide told us we could also
go on the second floor. As we were wandering around, I noticed that there was a
mini room at the end of the floor on the left. Interestingly, it was lighted
more than the rest of the room, or maybe that’s how it seemed to me. Curiosity
kicked in and I was impatient, I slowly got away from my friend and headed there.
Soon as I turned my head, I got goosebumps. At that moment, everything I had
seen till then, started to make sense. Without understanding what was going on,
I approached a big wooden table covered in glass in the middle of the room and
that’s when it hit me, my eyes were filled with tears, it was “The Declaration
of Kosovo’s Independence”. It was surrounded by the flags of every country that
had recognized Kosovo so far. As I was staring at each flag carefully, there
was something else that caught my attention. Right next to the last flag, I saw
a few flag poles standing there empty, which were left there waiting for the
next countries to join the crew. This made me think about how optimist we are. We
can become very persistent when it comes to our country.
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