- Date of the event
- Place
- Verrat e Llukës (Lluka springs)
- Evidence status
- Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
From 2 February 1990 students and intellectuals led by the folklorist Anton Çetta ran a mass campaign to reconcile families in blood feuds. The largest gathering was held on 1 May 1990 at Verrat e Llukës.
Sources give different end dates (2 February 1992 or 17 May 1992) and different estimates: over 1,200 feuds reconciled in whole or in part, or about 2,000 families [1]. The Verrat e Llukës gathering drew hundreds of thousands of people (estimates up to 500,000); the newspaper Rilindja reported on 3 May 1990 that 124 families extended the hand of reconciliation [1] [2].
Historical context
1989–1995
After autonomy was abolished, Kosovo Albanians built parallel institutions and chose peaceful resistance. The strategy kept society alive, but it could not change Kosovo's international position.
Read the chapter “The parallel state and peaceful resistance”Sources
- [1]Kujtime Boshtrakaj Camaj. Anton Çetta and the impact of Blood Reconciliation in the Society of Kosovo, 1990. Historijski pogledi 7(11), 2024. https://doi.org/10.52259/historijskipogledi.2024.7.11.275. Accessed 2026-09-16.
- [2]Oral History Kosovo. The Engagement in the Movement for Blood Feuds Reconciliation: Part One (Shukrie Rexha). https://oralhistorykosovo.org/the-engagement-in-the-movement-for-blood-feuds-reconciliation-part-one/. Accessed 2026-09-16.