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Bitola, North Macedonia

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Portrait of Zavaljana, an Albanian Tosk from a bey family. Bitola, Macedonia, 1908. Milton Manaki, The State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia

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Examples of embroidery on traditional clothes from Vardar (North) Macedonia. | Везани части от носии от Вардарска Македония.

I. 57, 58 — Headkerchiefs embroidered in silken and golden thread, region of Debar. | Мотиви от кърпа за глава, Дебърско.

II. 59 — Hem of a chemise from Prilep. | Пола на кошула, Прилепско. 60 — Sleeve of a chemise with silk embroidery, Ohrid. | Ръкав от кошула, везана с коприна, Охридско.

III. 61 — Chemise sleeve from Bitola. | Ръкав от кошула, Битолско.

From the Album of Bulgarian Macedonian Embroideries by Raina Roumenova.

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Studio portraits of models wearing traditional clothing from the Vilayet of Adrianople (now Edirne Province in Turkey, 1873):

Greek peasant from Manastir (Bitola); Greek peasant woman from Manastir; Bulgarian woman from Scutari.

Bulgarian woman from the Kaza of Ahiçelebi (modern-day Smolyan); Greek woman from Hasköy (Haskovo); peasant woman from Baı̈djas [?].

Muslim inhabitant of Adrianople; Muslim horseman of Adrianople; Christian artisan of Adrianople.

Muslim horseman from Filibe (Plovdiv); Bulgarian from Koyountèpè [?]; Bulgarian from Ahiçelebi.