Picari participated in the Albanian Revolt of 1847 along with Tafil Buzi and Zenel Gjoleka and his is among the names of the Albanians who asked Otto of Greece for help in their uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
Inspired by the first successes, other regions of Vlorë, Berat and Skrapar, rose up in rebellion under the leadership of Tafil Buzi, Zenel Gjoleka and Çelo Picari.