Confetti the end of the 19th century, using symbolic shreds of coloured paper rather than real sweets. Confetti Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin "confectum", with "confetti" the plural of Italian "confetto", small sweet. Modern paper confetti trace back to symbolic rituals of tossing grains and sweets during special occasions, traditional for numerous cultures throughout history as an ancient custom dating back to pagan times, but adapted from sweets and grains to paper through the centuries. Confetti are made
Names of the Albanians and Albania plural: "Šiptari" (Шиптари) and also "Šiftari" (Шифтари) is a derivation used by Balkan Slavic peoples and former states like Yugoslavia which Albanians consider derogatory due to its negative connotations preferring "Albanci" instead. Names of the Albanians and Albania The Albanians () and their country Albania ("Shqipëria") have been identified by many ethnonyms. The native endonym is Shqiptar. The name "Albanians" (Byzantine Greek: "Albanoi/Arbanitai/Albanites"; Latin: "Albanenses/Arbanenses") was used in medieval Greek and Latin documents that gradually entered European languages from which other similar derivative names emerged. Linguists believe that the "alb" part in the root word originates from an Indo-European term