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Galičnik
Galičnik ( mk, Галичник) is a mountain village in North Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphitheater in the village square, and is famous for its surrounding countryside and nature reserve. People from Galičnik and northwestern North Macedonia appreciate the local yellow cheese kaškaval (''Kashkaval'') that is produced in the region as well as the local salt brine white cheese "belo sirenje" which is a homemade speciality for this region. Location It is located on the slopes of the Bistra Mountain, some 10 km from the artificial Mavrovo Lake and the ''Zare Lazarevski'' winter resort. History The village is located in the ethnographic region of " Mijačija", named after the Mijaks (Мијаци/Mijaci), the tribe historically inhabiting this mountainous region. This region has plentiful rich pastures for livestock grazing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Galičnik ( mk, Галичник) is a mountain village in North Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphitheater in the village square, and is famous for its surrounding countryside and nature reserve. People from Galičnik and northwestern North Macedonia appreciate the local yellow cheese kaškaval (''Kashkaval'') that is produced in the region as well as the local salt brine white cheese "belo sirenje" which is a homemade speciality for this region. Location It is located on the slopes of the Bistra Mountain, some 10 km from the artificial Mavrovo Lake and the ''Zare Lazarevski'' winter resort. History The village is located in the ethnographic region of " Mijačija", named after the Mijaks (Мијаци/Mijaci), the tribe historically inhabiting this mountainous region. This region has plentiful rich pastures for livestock grazing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mijaks
Mijaks ( mk, Мијаци, Mijaci) are an ethnographic group of Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians who live in the region which is also known as ''Mijačija'' ( mk, Мијачија), along the Radika river, in western North Macedonia, numbering 30,000-60,000 people. The Mijaks practise predominantly animal husbandry, and are known for their ecclesiastical architecture, woodworking, iconography, and other rich traditions, as well as their characteristic Galičnik dialect of Macedonian language, Macedonian. The main settlement of the Mijaks is Galičnik. Settlements The Mijaks have traditionally occupied the Mala Reka region along with the Torbeš, Macedonian-speaking Muslims and another sub-group of Macedonians. The area including the Bistra (mountain), Bistra mountain and Radika, Radika region has been termed ''Mijačija'' (). To the east is the ethnographic region of the Brsjaks. The Mijaks traditionally inhabited the villages of Galičnik, Lazaropole, Tresonče, Selce, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mijačija
Mijaks ( mk, Мијаци, Mijaci) are an ethnographic group of Macedonians who live in the region which is also known as ''Mijačija'' ( mk, Мијачија), along the Radika river, in western North Macedonia, numbering 30,000-60,000 people. The Mijaks practise predominantly animal husbandry, and are known for their ecclesiastical architecture, woodworking, iconography, and other rich traditions, as well as their characteristic Galičnik dialect of Macedonian. The main settlement of the Mijaks is Galičnik. Settlements The Mijaks have traditionally occupied the Mala Reka region along with the Torbeš, Macedonian-speaking Muslims and another sub-group of Macedonians. The area including the Bistra mountain and Radika region has been termed ''Mijačija'' (). To the east is the ethnographic region of the Brsjaks. The Mijaks traditionally inhabited the villages of Galičnik, Lazaropole, Tresonče, Selce, Rosoki, Sušica, Gari and Osoj, while they also inhabited villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgi Pulevski
Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji, Gjorgjija Pulevski or Đorđe Puljevski ( mk, Ѓорѓи Пулевски or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, bg, Георги Пулевски, sr, Ђорђе Пуљевски; 1817–1895) was a Mijak writer and revolutionary, known today as the first author to express publicly the idea of a Macedonian nation distinct from Bulgarian, as well as a separate Macedonian language.Victor A. Friedman: Macedonian language and nationalism during the 19th and early 20th centuries. ''Balcanistica'' 2 (1975): 83–98. Pulevski was born in 1817 in Galičnik, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and died in 1895 in Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria. Trained as a stonemason, he became a self-taught writer in matters relating to the Macedonian language and culture. In Bulgaria he is regarded as a Bulgarian and early adherent to Macedonism. Early life Pulevski was born in the Mijak tribal region. As a seven-year-old, he went with his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partenij Zografski
Parteniy Zografski or Parteniy Nishavski ( bg, Партений Зографски/Нишавски; mk, Партенија Зографски; 1818 – February 7, 1876) was a 19th-century Bulgarian cleric, philologist, and folklorist from Galičnik in today's North Macedonia, one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival. In his works he referred to his language as ''Bulgarian'' and demonstrated a Bulgarian spirit, though besides contributing to the development of the Bulgarian language, In North Macedonia he is also thought to have contributed to the foundation of the present day Macedonian. Biography Religious activity Zografski was born as Pavel Hadzhivasilkov Trizlovski (Павел Хадживасилков Тризловски) in Galičnik, Ottoman Empire, in present-day North Macedonia. Born into the family of a rich pastoralist, young Pavel had the opportunity to attend various primary and secondary schools. He started his education in the Saint J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Sarievski
Aleksandar Sarievski ( mk, Александар Сариевски ; June 20, 1922 – December 19, 2002) was a Macedonian singer-songwriter whose career spanned almost six decades. He was one of the most recognizable figures in Macedonian music. Sarievski was a co-founder of the folklore musical ensemble Tanec and frequently traveled with the group as an ambassador of Macedonian music and culture. His renditions of local folk songs are particularly well known and, in many cases, the first known recorded versions. These include " Jovano, Jovanke", " More Sokol Pie", and " Uči me majko, karaj me", among others. He also composed the popular folk-style song " Zajdi Zajdi". Aleksandar Sarievski died in 2002 aged 80. The then-President of the Republic of Macedonia Boris Trajkovski and Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski Branko Crvenkovski ( mk, Бранко Црвенковски, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazaropole
Lazaropole ( mk, Лазарополе) is a village in the Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia. Situated on a plateau at Mount Bistra and surrounded by beech and oak forest; at 1,350 m altitude, it is one of the highest settlements in the country. The village is named after a local medieval hero, Lazar, who according to legend was the sole survivor of a Turkish attack on his village. The rest of the residents were killed in a cave where they had sought refuge, while Lazar, the only survivor, crawled outside and built a new village. There are about 400 houses in the village. The older ones reveal the traces of the Mijaci highland building style. The village was the birthplace of numerous authors, educators, carvers, teachers, fresco and icon painters, and constructors. Especially picturesque are the village , built in 1838, and the small churches in the forests near the village. Climate Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bistra Mountain
The Bistra (, is a massif in North Macedonia. The massif has several summits higher than 2,000 metres, with the highest being Medenica at 2,163 metres above sea level. Limestone erosion on the mountain has created limestone fields. In the limestone region of the Bistra, there are fourteen limestone fields: Tonivoda, Govedarnik, Bardaš, Sultanica, Solomunica, Suvo Pole, Small and Big Brzovec, Čukni Topanica, Lower and Upper Poljce, Tri Bari, Tri Groba and Lazaropole. The most popular caves on the mountain are the Alilica and Kalina Dupka. Much of the mountain's area lies within the boundaries of the Mavrovo National Park The Mavrovo National Park ( mk, Национален парк Маврово) is the largest of the four national parks of North Macedonia. Located in the west of the country, it spreads over an area of about and is characterized by deep canyons .... References {{Coord, 41.3600, N, 20.4300, E, source:wikidata, display=title Two-thousanders of Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patron Saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. In Christianity Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in Medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence and obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making them the city's patron saint – such a practice conferred considerable prestige on the city concerned. In Latin America and the Philippines, Spanish and Portuguese explorers often named a location for the saint on whose feast or commemoration day they first visited the place, with that saint naturally becoming the area's patron. Occupations sometimes have a patron saint who had been connected somewhat with it, although some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
