MACEDONIA TOURISM - Large abundance of natural and cultural attractions
welcome in Macedonia,
A republic located on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe central. macedonia tourism has many inclusive vacations destinations such as archaeological sites in Scupi and Skopje Aqueduct, a large number of Ottoman buildings and monuments, especially in Old Bazaar.
Tourists can visit Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the southwestern part of the country with its beach atmosphere. Ohrid also has many historical monuments, such as Samuil's Fortress and Theatre Antique.
Bitola city also has a rich history, many neo-classical buildings and old churches. The city is also a shopping destination; Sirok Sokak, the pedestrian street, filled with endless amounts of shops and restaurants.
Travel destination in Macedonia others such as: Mavrovo Lake, Kratovo, Galicica, Pelister, Krusevo, Prilep, Strumica and Struga, has many attractions of their own.
also visit various festivals in macedonia which also has three national parks and 33 nature reserves.
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Stone Dolls Kratovo,Macedonia
If you want to visit this place,please contact the tourist guide Dalibor Petkovski
email: daliborpetkovski79@yahoo.com
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In the area of Kratovo near village Kuklica, a 10 million years old stone town is established. There are many legends and myths about the existence of the 'Dolls' but the most famous is the one that says that the stone figures are wedding guests that were cursed by a forsaken bride who turned them into rocks. There are 120 stone figures, one next to another and they are up to 10 meters high.
CNN - Macedonia the root of Christianity
Macedonia's forgotten gem - CNN
CNN's Nic Robertson discovers an ancient city of hundreds of churches and monastries.
CNN's new series i-List takes you to a different country each month. In May, we visit Macedonia focusing on changes shaping the country's economy, culture and its social fabric.
The oldest traces of human habitation in Macedonia are the cryptic, 30,000 year-old stone engravings or rock art unearthed in the Kratovo area, as well as the astronomical observatory/ religious ritual site of Taticev Kamen, dating back almost 4,000 years.
The word Macedonia instantly conjures up memories of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great, legendary emperor of the 4th century B.C.E. who brought great expanses of the known world under Macedonian rule. In this period, and the Hellenistic and Roman ones that followed it, Macedonia reached the apogee of its influence and power. Today, many ruins remain to attest to this ancient heritage, in the sites of cities such as Heraclea, Stobi and Skupi, strewn with amphitheaters and temples, and decorated with intricate mosaics and frescoes.
The missionary Apostle Paul brought Christianity to Macedonia for the first time. Nine centuries later, his Byzantine successors Cyril and Methodius created a brand new alphabet, the precursor to Cyrillic, to expedite their missionary work with the Slavic-speaking Orthodox Christians of the Balkans. Macedonias experience of Christianity has thus always been linked with literacy and education. In fact, the first Slavic university was established in the 10th century, in placid Ohrid - famous during Byzantine times for its 365 churches, one for each day of the year.
Macedonia is pulling out all the stops to attract international investment. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
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Macedonian Orthodox Christmas Eve - Badnik
06.01.2008
The Macedonian Orthodox Christmas celebration begins the evening of January 5th, which is known as kolede. Children go from door to door singing Christmas carols, heralding the birth of Jesus, and receiving fruits, nuts and candy from the people. Later in the evening, the elderly people from the neighborhood gather around a bonfire outside, and engage in a conversation about the past year and the year to come.
The following evening is the Christmas Eve, when a traditional oak log (badnik) is brought to the home. This log is cut by the father of the household and his older son, while the table is being set for the Christmas Eve supper (Posna Vechera). The dinner cannot have anything derived from animals, and it cannot be cooked using cooking oil or other types of fat. The traditional dinner usually consists of baked fish. The dinner is the last day of a traditional 40-day Orthodox Lent, which is done in a way to honor the Virgin Mary for carrying baby Jesus.
The oak log is cut into three pieces, representing the Holy Trinity, and each piece is brought into the house by the father. A member of the family receives a piece and places it on the fire. As this is done, the son and the father exchange a greeting: Good evening and happy Christmas Eve (Dobra Vecher i Vesel Badnik). While the log is being placed on the fire, the mother and the grandmother gather the children together into the room where the dinner is to be served. Each person carries a bundle of straw from outside, and together with the mother they spread the straw on the floor. The spreading of the straw on the house floor is meant to make the atmosphere more like that when the night Jesus was born. The house is decorated further decoratesd with oak and pine branches, representing the wish of the family for long and healthy life, with health strong as oak, and with a life long as that of the oak.