Macedonian traditional clothing

The tradition & historical record

Macedonian national costumes are part of the material culture of the Macedonian people and they are an important branch of the Macedonian folk art. ¹

Macedonians wore 70 different types of national costumes, depending on the region where people lived, such as: Skopska Blatija, Skopska Crna Gora, Upper Polog, Lower Polog, Prilep-Bitola Plain, Upper Prespa, Lower Prespa, Ohrid Plain, Struga Plain, Drimkol, Malesija, Mariovo, Ovče Pole, Malesevo and many others. Every type of folk costume has its own characteristics, but common for all is the presence of the red, black and the white colour and the geometrical shapes on it. ¹

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Macedonian national costume”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. ¹

Macedonian traditional clothing is traditional costume in North Macedonia, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ²

The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. ²