Macedonian folk costumes are unique due to their distinctive embroidery

Girls in traditional dress attend an event the night before the start of a traditional wedding ceremony in the village of Galicnik, Macedonia. Source: AFP / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Macedonian traditional costumes are precious material cultural heritage. Around 70 exquisite examples adorn the vitrines of the Museum of Macedonia in Skopje, showcasing the aesthetics of each Macedonian region at the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

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Published 13 May 2023 4:54pm

By Maja B.Talevska

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Macedonian folk costumes are unique due to their distinctive embroidery

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Macedonian traditional costumes are precious material cultural heritage. Around 70 exquisite examples adorn the vitrines of the Museum of Macedonia in Skopje, showcasing the aesthetics of each Macedonian region at the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

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Macedonian traditional costumes are precious material cultural heritage. Around 70 exquisite examples adorn the vitrines of the Museum of Macedonia in Skopje, showcasing the aesthetics of each Macedonian region at the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

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Women were not allowed to go to church with the Kumanovo bride shirt

The agricultural way of life was reflected in the costumes from the Ovchepole or Veles region

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