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It has been rumored by our southern neighbors that Arvanites aren't aligned at all with the rest of Albanians, that Arvanites are ashamed to be called as Albanians, have no Albanians consciousness, their language differs from that of Albanians...and other similar craps. Here I'm going to reveal the biography of one of the leading Arvanite scholar, who debunk Greek propaganda.
Alvanikon Alfavitarion, or Abavatar arbėror.
So here we have a crystal clear example of an Arvanite intellectual attempting to rise awareness among Albanians. If Arvanites felt themselves as distinct from the rest of Albanians, Kullurioti would never made any attempt for the progressing of Albanian cause. It has been thought that he was poisoned by the Greek authorities which cast some similarities with the death of Aristidh Kola.
Between others, Anastas Kullurioti is often quoted to have said:
Anastas Kullurioti or Anastasios Koulouriotis (Greek: Αναστάσιος Κουλουριώτης, 1822 - 1887) was an Arvanite and Albanian nationalist figure, publisher and writer in Greece.
Born in Salamis, Greece, he spent some of his early years there and later moved to Athens, where he settled in the Plaka district, being noted at the time as the "Albanian quarter" of the city. Still a young man, he emigrated to America and made his fortune, although little is known about that period of his life.
Upon his return to Greece, along with Panayotis Koupitoris, he founded the weekly I foni tis Alvanias (English: The Voice of Albania), which lasted from September 1879 to mid 1880. Among the goals of his nationalist activities were the founding of an Albanian political party in Greece, the opening of Albanian-language schools and the liberation of Albania from the Turkish yoke. His devotion to the Albanian cause brought him into conflict with the Greek authorities and he is said to have died poisoned in prison in Athens at the beginning of 1887
Born in Salamis, Greece, he spent some of his early years there and later moved to Athens, where he settled in the Plaka district, being noted at the time as the "Albanian quarter" of the city. Still a young man, he emigrated to America and made his fortune, although little is known about that period of his life.
Upon his return to Greece, along with Panayotis Koupitoris, he founded the weekly I foni tis Alvanias (English: The Voice of Albania), which lasted from September 1879 to mid 1880. Among the goals of his nationalist activities were the founding of an Albanian political party in Greece, the opening of Albanian-language schools and the liberation of Albania from the Turkish yoke. His devotion to the Albanian cause brought him into conflict with the Greek authorities and he is said to have died poisoned in prison in Athens at the beginning of 1887
Alvanikon Alfavitarion, or Abavatar arbėror.
So here we have a crystal clear example of an Arvanite intellectual attempting to rise awareness among Albanians. If Arvanites felt themselves as distinct from the rest of Albanians, Kullurioti would never made any attempt for the progressing of Albanian cause. It has been thought that he was poisoned by the Greek authorities which cast some similarities with the death of Aristidh Kola.
Between others, Anastas Kullurioti is often quoted to have said:
Kombet nuk janė insekte qė mund tė heqin dorė dhe tė braktisin aq kollaj kombėsinė, gjuhėn, zakonet dhe traditat e tyre si gjarpėrinjtė qė ndėrrojnė lėkurėn, tė mohojnė etėrit, mėmėdheun dhe fisnikėrinė e tij, traditat e trimėrisė sė vet; ėshtė anakronizėm dhe e padėgjuar qė nė historinė e kombeve tė gjejmė njė popull aq haram dhe indiferent ndaj vetvetes.
Translation: The nations are not insects to abandon that easily from nationhood, language, customs and traditions like snakes who change their skin, to deny their ancestors, homeland and its nobility, traditions of its valiance; it is fairly anacronic and unheard in the history of nations to find any people so ingrate and indifferent to itself.
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