A Historical Window To The Past

 

A Historical Window To The Past

 

Visiting the museum of Kosovo and learning about the history of the traditions of our people was such a pleasant experience. Albanians are one of the oldest ethnicities among our country, and with that come lots of monumental artifacts over the centuries. Diving into the past with these monuments, looking at different tools ad decorations, made me realize the importance of storing and keeping history throughout the years for the next generations to see.

Entering the museum, I was introduced to ancient tools and decorations starting with the Neolith Age. It was amusing to see the remains of the little cups and spoons used for dining, as well as needles that were produced by the teeth of animals. It left me wondering how would our society react if we were to insert these back into our every day life. After that, the guide directed us towards a set of masks and sticks which were used to perform different sets of rituals over the centuries. I was impressed by the creativity shown in the designs of them.

I was intrigued by the designs on them; although the eyes were of human features, the ears looker like those of animals, which made the masks look very unique. Something that caught my attention, was the fact that lots of our authentic artifacts, including some of these masks, are still kept in Serbia, and the ones in this museum are duplicates.

Another fact that I noticed while the tour guide was explaining the monuments to us, was the fact that most of these antics were first found by archeologists somewhere in Ulpianë.

A type of glass vases was presented, in which a tube was designed, whose purpose was to hold the tears of mourning from losing a dear one in those times. There were to versions of this vase, a bigger one and a significantly smaller one. Apparently, these vases were used as a source of expressing the sadness and grief when losing a dear one. I tried to sympathize with their need to store their tears in order to express grief and at the same time I was impressed with the creativity to be able to come up with a tool to store their inner emotions and sadness.

Next, I got the chance to see some of the “Hyjnesha në fron” figurines, which hold great value to the history of our capital city dating back from the Stone Age. We got to see the figurines in different sizes, however some were missing because they are to be displayed in the International Museums. I got to see hieroglyphics as well, which looked very fascinating.

Moving further into the museum, the guide directed us towards some of the caskets which people were buried in back then. An interesting characteristic was that some of them were made of stone. On the same room, there were also some statues of Greek Mythological Gods like Dionysus.

Further on, I got to see the difference types of coins that were used in those ancient times, each having unique details, and all of them were originals which were actually used in those times and later on found by archeologists.

This tour around the archeological museum of Kosovo left a big impression on me and left me feeling much more informed and gave me perspective with the living conditions and traditions in the past as well as enriched my knowledge on the historical value of our country.

Second picture taken by Blerona Morina