Tagged “Kostur Region”
Browse Tagged “Kostur Region” from the Canadian Macedonian Heritage Society archive, library and community collections.
Macedonian Costumes with Marvin Moehle - “kostumi za obleka Q & A”
The Canadian Macedonian Heritage Society is hosting a workshop at Canadian Macedonian Place featuring Marvin Moehle, a passionate collector of Balkan—especially Macedonian—folk costumes. With ancestral roots in villages from the Kostur region, Marvin has built an extensive private collection of hundreds of historical costume pieces and has even contributed to museum exhibits. Known for his expertise, he helps identify and preserve rare garments and is also deeply involved in folklore dance and the collection of Macedonian oral and written histories. The event invites participants to bring their own costume items or photos to learn more about their cultural heritage.
Chai Chats
On Sunday, February 18, 2018, the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society (CMHS) launched its inaugural "Chai Chats" event at the Canadian Macedonian Place, bringing together over 35 community members to celebrate their heritage over traditional mountain tea and pastries. The gathering served as a vital platform for showcasing significant cultural acquisitions, including a handmade kaval, ancient Macedonian coins, and rare 19th-century linguistic texts donated by Professor Christina Kramer. A centerpiece of the event was an emotional presentation by Zoe Christo, who donated a portrait of her grandfather, the legendary revolutionary Ilija Digalov, sharing the harrowing story of his life as a freedom fighter and his ultimate sacrifice in 1922. By blending social connection with the formal preservation of artifacts and oral histories, the CMHS reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that the Macedonian-Canadian experience remains a vibrant and documented legacy for future generations.
16 Century Macedonian Lexicon Found at the Vatican
On October 27, 2013, the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society hosted a lecture at the East York Civic Centre featuring professors Joseph Schallert and Kosta Peev, who presented a significant 16th-century Macedonian lexicon discovered in the Vatican archives. Originally found in the late 1940s and written in the Greek alphabet, the manuscript was eventually identified as the Old Kostur dialect of Macedonian rather than Greek, as evidenced in the 1954 study Un Lexique Macédonien du XVIe Siècle. Odyssey Belchevsky, the Director of Cultural Events, noted that a copy of this scholarly work was personally delivered to the Society by Macedonian President George Ivanov, serving as vital historical proof of the Macedonian language's long-standing existence centuries before the formation of the modern state.
