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- ↑ Spiro Shetuni (April 21, 2011). Albanian Traditional Music: An Introduction, with Sheet Music and Lyrics for 48 Songs. Mcfarland. p. 41. ISBN 978-0786464494.
- ↑ Nigel Allenby Jaffé, Folk Dance of Europe, Folk Dance Enterprises, 1990, ISBN 0-946247-14-5, ISBN 978-0-946247-14-1
- ↑ Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, ISBN 99927-1-622-3.