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

Types

Macedonians wore 70 different types of national costumes, depending on the region where people lived, such as: Skopska Blatija,

Skopska Crna Gora tr, Karadağ, italics=no , photo = Skopska Crna Gora-MKD.JPG , photo_caption = , photo_size = 250 , highest = Ramno , elevation_m = 1651 , elevation_ref = , prominence_m = , prominence_ref = , listing = , location = North Macedonia ...

, Upper Polog, Lower Polog,

Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appear ...

- Bitola Plain, Upper Prespa, Lower Prespa,

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...

Plain, Struga Plain, Drimkol, Malesija,

Mariovo Mariovo ( mk, Мариово) is a historic region in the southern part of North Macedonia, with an area of 1,390 square km and an elevation 1,050 m, situated among mountains. Geography Mountains * Selečka (highest peak - ''Visoka'' 1,471 m) ...

Ovče Pole Ovče Pole ( mk, Овче Поле, literally 'sheep plain') is a plain near Sveti Nikole's River, which is a tributary of the Bregalnica River in east-central North Macedonia. History The Battle of Ovche Pole occurred during the First World Wa ...

, 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.

Gallery

Image:Nosii-Galicnik(1903-1908).jpg, Folk costumes from Galicnik, Mala i Dolna Reka Image:Women from Prilep-beginning of XX century.jpg, Folk costumes from

Plain Image:Kuchevishte-1900.gif, Folk costumes from Kuceviste, Skopska Crna Gora Image:Yankovets Selianka.jpg, Folk costume from Yankovec, Upper Prespa Image:Gostivarska Nosija.JPG, Folk costume from

Gostivar Gostivar ( mk, Гостивар , Albanian and Turkish: ''Gostivar''), is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also ...

, Upper Polog Image:Kališta ženi 1909.jpg, Folk costumes from Kalista, Struga Drimkol Image:Oro in Romanovce-old.jpg, Traditional dance oro in Romanovce, Zegligovo

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