Skorobište (Serbian Cyrillic: Скоробиште, Albanian: Skorobishtë) or Skorobišta (Скоробишта) is a village in Prizren Municipality, Kosovo.
It was mentioned in Emperor Stefan Dušan's charter dated 26 April 1348 as part of the metochion of the Church of St. Peter in Koriša to Hilandar, along with Planjane, Sishtevac, Črneljevo.
[4] The first Albanian families settled in Skorobište around the 15th century marking the start of significant demographic changes in the village.
Ajdar from the Kastrati tribe arrived from Bele [sq] near Kukës with his sons Bajrë, Mulë, Sejdi, and Abaz, establishing a foothold for Albanians in the region.
A significant part of the current residents of Skorobishte trace their origins to the village of Mushnikova in the municipality of Prizren.
After 1875, a woman named Emina Xhaferi returned to the village after her husband lost his life in the wars between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
Originally, the residents of Skorobište used surnames based on their Albanian tribal affiliations, including names like Kastrati, Shala, Sopoti, Krasniqi, and Kryeziu.
However, during the Yugoslav period, the Serbian government assigned Slavic surnames to the villagers as part of an attempt to suppress and erase their Albanian identity.
After the World War II, the villagers took steps to restore their Albanian cultural heritage by once again changing their surnames.
These changes were an important effort to preserve their cultural and historical roots, strengthening their identity amidst the shifting political and social context of the region.
Also after World War II, the Socialist Yugoslav (or Serbian) regime began confiscating forests in the Skorobište village area.
From 1964 to 1966, this effort involved not only workers but also activists from the Communist League of Prizren, who attempted to convince and verbally pressure the villagers.
Even today, some Muslim families in the village of Skorobishtë, who originally were Orthodox Christians and converted to Islam around 1767, continue to mark January 2nd.
The fact that the day has been renamed but is still celebrated shows that the population has not forgotten its roots and maintains a connection to its cultural heritage despite religious changes.
[8] During the First World War the local Muslim school(Mektab) functioned, supported financially by Ottoman Ministry of Education(Maarif Vekâleti).
[8] In August 1958, below the Crni Vrh and above Skorobište, fields had been dug up and tens of thousands young plants had been removed and left, destroyed.
The community of Skorobishte provided crucial support to the KLA, as much of Kosovo’s Albanian population stood behind the goals of the liberation movement.
Fighters from the 125th Brigade established defensive lines and launched attacks to repel both the Yugoslav Army and armed Serb civilians from the nearby village of Dojnice.
With the support of the local population, the 125th Brigade managed to withstand these attacks and push back the armed Serb groups, successfully defending the village.
The bilingual speaking Muslim population, known as Podgorci or Prekokamci, living in Skorobishte, Grnçare, Lubizhdë, and Novo Selo, did not largely leave during and after the Kosovo War.
They also wear tirq, traditional woolen trousers in dark brown, black, or white, often adorned with rows of decorative braids (gajtana).
The këmisha malësore (a collarless mountain shirt) is fastened with clasps, while a long, multicolored woolen sash is wrapped around the waist.
A traditional accessory is the pocket watch with a chain, alongside the qelibari i duhanxhiut (amber cigarette holder), often tucked halfway into the sash.
On the head, women wear a cap adorned with beads and small 1.Idriz Jusufi; was killed in 1913 by Serbs from the village of Vrbicane because he refused to hand over his rifle to them.