Despite the tendency of old traditions losing out to the pressure of modernization, Korça in the southeast of Albania, is one of the cities that preserves them most.
Buying clay souvenirs is a tradition that accompanies every Easter, so in Korça the Pottery Fair has returned, where christian believers buy clay products to take to their homes as a sign of prosperity and take care to preserve them.
But despite the fact that the symbolism and tradition is clear, commercialism has made that in addition to mud objects in the stands there are also plastic souvenirs, glass or porcelain ones that are not related to this symbolism, although citizens say they preserve the rites as they inherited them.
The city of Korça is one of the favorite destinations for both local tourists and foreigners during the Easter period.
This is due to the traditions that are fanatically preserved by most of the inhabitants even though their survival is a race against time.
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