Selman Kadria

Numerous folk songs have been composed for the actions of Selman Kadria. One the better known ones is "Këngë për Selman Kadriun". It is usually accompanied by Çifteli and sharki. The tomb of Kadria has become a local monument over the years. It has been vandalized twice by Serb nationalists. In June 2019, Bekë Berisha, a representative in the Kosovan parliament, proposed to Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj that Kadria should be named Hero of Kosovo. Haradinaj accepted the proposition and began the nomination process for the decoration. On July 12th, 2019 The Hasanaj Family accepted the Hero of Kosovo award in Prishtina from President Hashim Thaçi.

Selman Kadri Hasanaj (1906–1938), known as Selman Kadria, was an ethnic Albanian land worker and folk singer from the village of Cerrca in Istok, present-day Kosovo. He was linked with the Albanian independence movement in Kosovo. In 1938, he killed the Yugoslav Serbian Chetnik vojvoda (captain), Milić Krstić (known as Miliç Kërrsta in Albanian) for his repressive measures against local Albanians. A few months later, he was himself killed. Numerous folk songs have been composed for his deed. His tomb in Cerrca has become a monument and in June 2019, the constitutional process for him to be named Hero of Kosovo began.