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The Depository documents 6 techniques in North Macedonia; by risk level: 1 endangered, 2 vulnerable, 3 stable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The Balkan coppersmithing tradition — the production of hammered copper vessels, fountains, trays, and domestic objects distributed across all Balkan countries through the Ottoman-era copper bazaar (čaršija/çarşı) network, with distinct…
The Ohrid silver and pearl tradition — the production of the distinctive Lake Ohrid silver jewelry incorporating the specific Ohrid pearl (лушпи — made from the iridescent scales of the Ohrid bleak fish) which produces a natural…
The pan-Balkans natural plant dyeing tradition — the knowledge of the specific Balkan dye plants (madder/crvena bojadisava, woad/šaid, walnut/orah, sumac/ruj, pomegranate/šipak, iron water/gvožđuša) used across all Balkan textile…
The pan-Balkans woodwind instrument making tradition — the production of the two primary Balkan pastoral woodwind instruments: the kaval (end-blown flute, longer, more complex) and the frula/sviral (side-blown or end-blown short flute)…
The Balkan woven textile tradition — the production of the distinctive Balkan kilim family whose regional vocabularies (Pirot, Serbia; Prizren, Kosovo; Pljevlja, Montenegro; Čiprovtsi already documented CRAFT-1637) share a common…
The Ohrid icon painting school of North Macedonia — the production of the distinctive Ohrid Byzantine icons in the tradition of the 9th-century St.