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Culture
Ohrid and the region has a vast culture that you can see in the city every time you visit!
Traditional clothes
The first Macedonian folk costumes appeared in villages at the end of the 15th century.
Usually clothes existed in two versions: weekday clothes and formal clothes.
Traditional clothes reveal various information about the person who wears it:
• from which area the person is
• social status in the community
• marital status (single, married, widowed)
• display of mourning for a deceased person
• occasion (weddings, holidays, etc.)
The traditional clothes from the Ohrid-Struga region is composed of:
-shirt
-klašenik
-pomaniki
-belt
-scutnik
-junica,
-jube
-kusak
-socks
-sokaj
-gajtan
-scarf
-sokajniki
-jewelry.
Traditional dances
According to the content and choreography, Macedonian folk games, songs and music can be ritualistic and secular.
Ritual dances
Secular dances
From the ritual games we will list: Dodol, Lazar, Koledar, Rusal and others.
Secular games include those related to the life and work of our people, such as: combat, wedding, harvest, love, humor and others.
Macedonian dances are numerous and diverse. In different regions they have different names, depending on the place and the way of playing. Their names are derived from region names, personal names, animals, instruments, type of dance, posture, and rhythm. The dances are usually performed during religious holidays in front of churches, schools, villages and homes.
Traditional Instruments and Regional Dances
The traditional Macedonian dances always go together with traditional instruments and music!
Instruments
Regional dances (Oro)
Traditional instruments include: bagpipe, zurla, drums, kaval, tarabuka,
tambourine, ut.
Famous instruments used in city (chalgian) bands are: violin,
clarinet, lute, canon, tambourine
The most famous dances (oro) in Ohrid and the region are:
-Biljana platno beleshe
-Sirto
-Sofisko
-Beranche
-Peshtansko
-Chamche
-Velgoshko
-Lakocherejsko
"Biljana Platno Beleshe"