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Shtëpia e mikut s'mbyllet kurrë.

The guest's house is never closed.

Hospitality toward guests is a sacred, unbreakable duty in Albanian custom.

Traditional Kosovo Wisdom, Kosovo

Source: Kanun of Leke Dukagjini (Albanian-Kosovar customary law code, compiled by Shtjefen Gjeçovi from centuries-old oral tradition, early 20th-century transcription), public-domain customary heritage

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