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Easter in Albania

During traditional Easter celebrations in Albania, complete with baklava pastry, locals can't help but remember the communist past when religion was banned.

An Easter parade commences around the town church in Selta, a village in the Shpati region of central Albania. The lay priest (in yellow) sings old hymns with shepherd Anastas Karaj. A migrant worker from Greece (standing under flag) bought the processional cross for his son at an auction. (Eckehard Pistrick/Special to The Washington Times)

An Easter parade commences around the town church in Selta, a village in the Shpati region of central Albania. The lay priest (in yellow) sings old hymns with shepherd Anastas Karaj. A migrant worker from Greece (standing under flag) bought the processional cross for his son at an auction. (Eckehard Pistrick/Special to The Washington Times)

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