A book on Macedonia. Travels and Research (1925-1927)
Ludwig Kuba
Drawings by the Author Ludwig Kuba
Mosaic Publications , New Delhi
More than 2000 years have passed since then, but the name Macedonia has been preserved in the memory of all mankind. It's territory is not large (approximately 60,000 sq. kilometers). It consisted of valleys of the three major tributaries of the Aegean — Varder, Struma and Mesta and had natural sea and mountain borders. To the east the Rhodopes and Rilla, where to the north Karadag, also called the Skoplje Cherna Gora with the Shar mountain, to west the Albanian mountains and the Greek Pindus and Olympus.
From the ethnographical point of view, Macedonia is a continuous Slavic territory, pierced by small ones are: Turks, Greeks, Albanians, Wallachs, Spanish Jews and Gypsies. The majority of the local Slavs, with the except of an insignificant Serbian colony, have always been considered as a branch of the Bulgarian people.
First English edition 1981
Published by;- Mosaic Publications P.O. Box 3529 New Delhi - 1.10024 India
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St. Clement in Ohrid
CONTENTS
I. In Ohrid and its Vicinities
Tale One 7
In Ohrid 10
Lake Ohrid 18
Jemmo Birdianin's Chinar 23
A Fire in Strouga 28
From Ohrid to Bitolja 35
Lake Prespa 40
II. In Krali Marko's Land
Prillep. Krali Marko's Birthplace 45
Marko's Town 50
On Treskavets 55
III. The Migrant Workers
An Outing to Smileveo 62
Up Towards Galichnik 68
Galichnik 71
IV. A Week of Weddings in Galichnik
St. Peter's Day 78
The Weddings Begin , 82
Fetching Water for the Parents for the Last Time 85
The Bride 89
Of the Wedding and During the Wedding 94
V. Vardar Outlines
The Contested Zone 98
Skoplje 103
Market Day—The Weekly Market 108
St. Archangel's Patron Saint's Day 117
Skoplje Cherna Gora 122
The Land of the Monasteries 127
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VI. Among Nature
The Foal 133
The Buffalo 135
Between Eagles and Donkeys 140
VII. At Work
Songs 145
The Artists Grievances and Idle Chats 158
VIII. Miscellaneous
A Soap and a Towel 163
Macedonia and the Novaks 165
Macedonia 171