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Albanians celebrate Bektashi’s Novruz Day

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TIRANA, March 22 – Albanians celebrated Sunday the Novruz Day of the Bektashi believers.
All top officials – President Bamir Topi, Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama – paid their respects to the Bektashi community, visiting their leaders’ headquarters and Baba Hajji Reshat Bardhi.
Albanians are well-known for their religious co-existence.
Most Albanians are Muslims, followed in numbers by Orthodox and Catholic community

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