{"id":357,"date":"2016-07-15T13:24:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/?p=357"},"modified":"2016-07-15T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:21:00","slug":"meet-gaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/2016\/07\/15\/meet-gaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Gaga!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday a friend of mine from Morocco and I went to Janjeva, a little village approximately 20 km away from the district of Prishtina. \u00a0A friend of us, who lives there invited us to visit Janjeva. Interesting about Janjeva is that there live 4 different ethnicity\u00a0groups \u00a0all together in that little old village; Albanians, Croatians, Serbs, and the Ashkali. The whole village was kind of separated in districts, there were parts of the village where only Albanians would live and other parts where Croatians live and so on. However, they would all meet in the &#8220;center&#8221; which had many little caffees, a little bakery and the Mosque and the Church. They all live peacefully together &#8211; I liked that.<\/p>\n<p>Our friend showed us around.\u00a0The houses in the village were old and small.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-358\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13718190_1757094691228550_513098649_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dubrovnik Street in Janjeva\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13718190_1757094691228550_513098649_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13718190_1757094691228550_513098649_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13718190_1757094691228550_513098649_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13718190_1757094691228550_513098649_o-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13718190_1757094691228550_513098649_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dubrovnik Street in Janjeva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-359\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13663431_1757094791228540_412286982_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Qebabtore&quot; in Janjeva\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13663431_1757094791228540_412286982_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13663431_1757094791228540_412286982_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13663431_1757094791228540_412286982_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13663431_1757094791228540_412286982_o-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13663431_1757094791228540_412286982_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Qebabtore&#8221; in Janjeva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-360\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13730726_1757094777895208_858730728_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Old Albanian Men sitting in front of the Mosque in Janjeva\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13730726_1757094777895208_858730728_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13730726_1757094777895208_858730728_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13730726_1757094777895208_858730728_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13730726_1757094777895208_858730728_o-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13730726_1757094777895208_858730728_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Albanian Men sitting in front of the Mosque in Janjeva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The highlight of this trip was Gaga.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-361\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13720695_1757094707895215_1406342931_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dragica Pali\u0107 - In Janjeva known as Gaga\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13720695_1757094707895215_1406342931_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13720695_1757094707895215_1406342931_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13720695_1757094707895215_1406342931_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13720695_1757094707895215_1406342931_o-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13720695_1757094707895215_1406342931_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dragica Pali\u0107 &#8211; In Janjeva known as Gaga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gaga is an old Croatian Lady who always lived\u00a0in Janjeva. She allowed\u00a0us to visit her in her own House, in which she had a beautiful Garden. Gaga told us about her life as a Croatian in Kosovo. She had a big family, but her children left Kosovo and went to Croatia. Today she lives with only one of her daughters in her beautiful House in Janjeva.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-362\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-362\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692381_1757094687895217_2067101394_o-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"In Gaga's Garden\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692381_1757094687895217_2067101394_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692381_1757094687895217_2067101394_o-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692381_1757094687895217_2067101394_o-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692381_1757094687895217_2067101394_o.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Gaga&#8217;s Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682344_1757094774561875_497150738_o-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gaga's Living Room\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682344_1757094774561875_497150738_o-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682344_1757094774561875_497150738_o-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682344_1757094774561875_497150738_o-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682344_1757094774561875_497150738_o.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaga&#8217;s Living Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692188_1757094767895209_1688239716_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Sadya taking a photo of Gaga holding an old picture of herself and her husband \" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692188_1757094767895209_1688239716_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692188_1757094767895209_1688239716_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692188_1757094767895209_1688239716_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692188_1757094767895209_1688239716_o-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13692188_1757094767895209_1688239716_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sadya taking a photo of Gaga holding an old picture of herself and her husband when they married<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-365\" src=\"http:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682479_1757094717895214_1155691127_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Me trying to capture Gaga's beautiful Garden\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682479_1757094717895214_1155691127_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682479_1757094717895214_1155691127_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682479_1757094717895214_1155691127_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682479_1757094717895214_1155691127_o-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13682479_1757094717895214_1155691127_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me trying to capture Gaga&#8217;s beautiful Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I enjoyed that Sunday a lot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Besiana Kajtazi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday a friend of mine from Morocco and I went to Janjeva, a little village approximately 20 km away from the district of Prishtina. \u00a0A friend of us, who lives there invited us to visit Janjeva. Interesting about Janjeva is that there live 4 different ethnicity\u00a0groups \u00a0all together in that little old village; Albanians, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/2016\/07\/15\/meet-gaga\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet Gaga!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pj.rit.edu\/kosovo\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}