- What to bring practical from Macedonia?
- Gifts for loved ones
- Iconic items
Traveling through Macedonian cities for tourist or business purposes leaves a mixed impression. On the one hand, there are many beautiful landscapes, unique landscapes, ancient monuments, on the other hand, this country does not yet reach the level of the same Greece in the field of tourism development. In this article, we will take a closer look at the Macedonian shopping centers and souvenir shops, the goal is to find an answer to the question of what to bring from Macedonia. Let's try to analyze the goods from the point of view of interest in them from foreign travelers.
What to bring practical from Macedonia?
Experienced tourists who have studied Macedonia well, assure that it is quite easy to buy leather shoes in this country. Everyone will be able to find a fashionable model made of first-class leather that will last for many years, and the prices for this product are surprisingly low.
In addition to the most fashionable models of shoes or boots, you can bring as a gift to your relatives and yourself the traditional footwear of the Macedonians - opintsi, something between house slippers and outdoor shoes. In the old days, they were worn by people with a rather thin wallet, since they used strips of leather left over from other products for sewing. Today, the opintsi are elevated to the rank of the national symbol of the Macedonians, and they are sewn from the best varieties of leather, according to ancient technologies.
Gifts for loved ones
It will be lucky for tourists who come to rest in the town of Ohrid, which is comfortably located on the sea coast. Here, rest by the sea is guaranteed, and a rich excursion program, since the town has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and not only a resort, but also Lake Ohrid, which is nearby. This reservoir is home to the amazing Plasica fish, its scales are used to prepare a silver emulsion, which covers shells that serve as a source of pearls.
In the past, only two Ohrid families, Talev and Falev, knew the recipe for making such pearls and passed it on from generation to generation. Today, there are many jewelry workshops in the city that are ready to surprise any guest with their assortment. Ohrid pearls are a kind of symbol of the region and the country as a whole, one of the most favorite goods among guests of Macedonia. You can also buy jewelry made of copper, silver and gold, they often use different jewelry techniques, many are stylized as original jewelry of the past centuries, which are now in museum expositions.
You can store Macedonian jewelry in a local wooden box. Craftsmen carefully preserve the traditions of former craftsmen, but use modern technology and the latest technologies for wood processing. Antique boxes decorated with skillful carving and painting are popular. The same can be said for the pottery produced in Macedonia. The assortment is diverse, it evokes constant interest among tourists, most often the guests prefer to buy the following goods: graceful candlesticks; various items of tableware and tea ware; figurines and sculptural compositions; wall decorations.
Representatives of pottery are divided into two conditional groups: Some of them create contemporary works of authorship, follow world fashion trends and brands. The other one adheres to ancient traditions, makes beautiful stylized things that can be used both for their intended purpose and as decorative elements. For example, massive, very heavy dishes will rather become an interior decoration. Jugs from Resen look original, fired to dark brown or black. They have an elongated shape and are stylized as medieval products.
Lovely souvenirs for mothers and aunts - items decorated with Macedonian national embroidery. Craftswomen use wool or silk to create unique canvases. The elements of the national costume, complemented by embroidery with silver thread or silk, look beautiful.
Iconic items
Most of the Macedonians are adherents of the Orthodox religion, they build and restore churches, icon painting is developed at a high level. The images of saints on wood, made using medieval technologies, are considered the best in the world. The prototypes for the icons are the faces of Jesus and the saints kept in local churches and cathedrals.
A particularly large number of icons can be seen in Ohrid, declared a city-monument. At various churches and cathedrals of the city, there are small shops where you can buy beautiful images, crosses, religious objects, such gifts are especially good for believing friends and relatives.
As you can see from the list of the most popular goods from Macedonia, tourists have a lot to choose from, both for children and adults, and for brutal men and fragile women.
