Teshkoto

Teškoto or Teshkoto (Macedonian: Тешкото, "the hard one"), is a folk dance from the Mijak ethnographic region, located in western Macedonia.

The dance represents the hard life of people from the region. Its origins come from the period when locals were leaving their motherland to go out of the country for better life, but over the years it has also grown as a symbol for all the pain caused in the region in the past.[1] The dance has inspired artists and poets (for example Blaze Koneski's poem Teškoto).[2]

One of the most prominent festivals that feature the dance is the Galičnik Wedding Festival, an annual event in the Galičnik, one of the oldest villages in North Macedonia.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ernest N. Damianopoulos (15 February 2012). The Macedonians: Their Past and Present. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 189–. ISBN 978-1-137-01190-9.
  2. ^ "Teškoto (The Hard One)". Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  3. ^ "Teskoto". soros.org.mk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2024.


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