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Gjama

Gjama Online

  • Genres: Documentary
  • Release Date: 08/10/2021
  • Duration : 9 minutes
  • Director: Zgjim Elshani
  • Country: Albania, Kosovo, Netherlands
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Overview:

“Gjama” is a rarely practiced mourning ritual that was performed by Albanian men throughout the centuries. By shouting specific phrases and acting out a strict choreography, it is a way of paying respect to the deceased but also overcoming grief and pain over the loss of a loved one. Through the documentation of the re-enactment of the ritual, Zgjim Elshani seeks to recover fragments of the practice in the communities where this form of collective grieving is still a way of overcoming loss. By doing so, the project intends to rethink collective grieving and what it means to publicly display emotions in a male-headed society.

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