The Albanian community that lives in the area is the most conspicuous one in Italy: places like Civita and S. Paolo Albanese, which still maintain the same agro-pastoral values, have museums that are specifically dedicated to the arbërëshe culture, where several goods, such as tools and clothes, have been gathered.

The Greek-Byzantine ceremonies, especially the wedding one, are pretty interesting. In some places, people still work broom fibers to make beautiful fabrics. The technique to woven the fabric and all is passed on from mother to daughter, from one generation to another, same as the beautiful dresses, the customs, the feasts, the chants and the Vallje, namely the dance the Arbërëshe people do, tied together with a napkin, as a symbol of the traditions they strive to keep alive.

The Arbëreshë Culture Communities of the Park:
• Acquaformosa (Firmoza) (CS)
• Civita (Çifti) (CS)
• Frascineto (Frasnita) (CS)
• Lungro (Ungra) (CS)
• Plataci (Pllatani) (CS)
• San Basile (Shën Vasili) (CS)
• San Costantino Albanese (Shën Kostandini) (PZ)
• San Paolo Albanese (Shën Pali) (PZ)

The Greek-Byzantine rite of the Arbëreshë

The parishes to which the Arbërëshe communities of the Pollino area belong follow Greek-Byzantine rituals and are dependent on the Italian-Albanian Eparchy that is based in Lungro, which was founded as autonomous district in 1919. The solemn mass, charged with the intensity that is typical of eastern cults, is celebrated following S. Giovanni Crisostomo’s Byzantine liturgy, the same as the Orthodox Church. The main rituals are the consecration of bread and wine, and the liturgical use of the icon; Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist are carried out altogether in one day. The most important feast is Easter. In churches can be seen the baptismal "font," for baptism by immersion, and the iconostasis, which separates the faithful from the priest at the altar.