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Edition 4 ● Decembar 2010 Vila Vodno, mosaic- Land remembers 5 Management: Contents: The Mountains of Macedonia A Winter Wonderland Although a southern European Publisher country, Macedonia is known in “Dobredojde” the winter for its high mountain Macedonia Welcome Centre peaks covered by snow. Ul.”Alzirska”bb p.16 MZ Vlado Tasevski 1000 Skopje Republic of Macedonia Inetrview of the Minister of Forigein Afferies [email protected] of the R. Macedonia Mr.Antonio Milososki Editor –in-Chief Diplomats who have spent part Emilija Miladinova Avramcheva of their diplomatic [email protected] careers in Macedonia remain Cooperators: our true friends Alagozovski Robert [email protected] p.20 Janeva Nadica [email protected] Kelly Stanton King of Dogs [email protected] Zaneta Gelevska Veljanovska Unequivocally, the Sharplaninets [email protected] is the most popular representative Avramchev Georgi of the living species in all of the [email protected] Georgieva Irina Balkans. [email protected] p.24 Graphic designer Jasmina A. Casule Children’s Games and Toys in Macedo- [email protected] nia in the Period between the two World Wars (1918-1941) Printed by: ARCUSS graphic design The game has always been a comple- & offeset printing mentary part of the everyday activi- ties of Macedonian children. By taking a look at the traditional toys and games we obtain a perspective on what life was like for the Mace- donian children many years ago. p.28 7 A home away from home by Emilija Miladinova Avramcheva President of “Dobredojde” Macedonia Welcome Centre As winter is rapidly approaching, We urge you to visit our site the falling autumn leaves turn into A.S.A.P., and we suggest you visit dozens shades of yellow, being it frequently in order to stay in less and less on the Macedonian touch with us and be acquainted trees. The colder it gets outside, with the schedule of our activities. the more we develop a need to be This way you will to be able to at our warm homes, preferably take part in those activities that next to a fireplace, preparing suit you best. slowly for the seasons’ holydays. In this autumn/winter issue of our Magazine you will find many in- Recently Macedonia Welcome teresting texts about the Macedon- Centre together with Karposh ian mountains in the winter, the Municipality inaugurated the In- famous Macedonian sheepdog the ternational Club, a place where all Sharplaninets, Ball Dancing in fo reigners living and working in Macedonia, the toys and games of Macedonia will find the hospitality Macedonian children between the and the warmth they are missing. It two World Wars and about our trip is intended they find their home to Berovo , and its surroundings. away from home. The Interna- You may also read about the pro - tional Club is envisaged to be the minent Macedonian poet Mateja place where Macedonians and In- Matevski ,the 50th anniversary of ternationals will meet and get to- art creation of the famous Mace- gether, interchanging positive donian painter Gligor Chemerski , experiences and cultures. One will and the exhibition organized on be able to learn to speak Macedon- that occasion. ian language and get familiar with our literature, Macedonian folk Dear reader of the Macedonia songs and dances, English conver- Welcome Centre Magazine, as you sation, Yoga, Cooking, internati- all know we are sending you a free onal dancing. We will be also copy of the Magazine at your work or g anizing numerous outdoor en- address, in case you missed it or tertaining activities and visits to you are not receiving the Magazine many interesting places all over please note that you can always Macedonia. obtain a free copy at the Together All information about the activities shops in Macedonia, or at our of the International Club may be premises in the International Club. found on the web site of the Macedonia Welcome Centre www.dmwc.org.mk. 7 A home away from home by Emilija Miladinova Avramcheva President of “Dobredojde” Macedonia Welcome Centre As winter is rapidly approaching, We urge you to visit our site the falling autumn leaves turn into A.S.A.P., and we suggest you visit dozens shades of yellow, being it frequently in order to stay in less and less on the Macedonian touch with us and be acquainted trees. The colder it gets outside, with the schedule of our activities. the more we develop a need to be This way you will to be able to at our warm homes, preferably take part in those activities that next to a fireplace, preparing suit you best. slowly for the Christmas Holydays. In this autumn/winter issue of our Magazine you will find many in- Recently Macedonia Welcome teresting texts about the Macedon- Centre together with Karposh ian mountains in the winter, the Municipality inaugurated the In- famous Macedonian sheepdog the ternational Club, a place where all Sharplaninets, Ball Dancing in fo reigners living and working in Macedonia, the toys and games of Macedonia will find the hospitality Macedonian children between the and the warmth they are missing. It two World Wars and about our trip is intended they find their home to Berovo , and its surroundings. away from home. The Interna- You may also read about the pro - tional Club is envisaged to be the minent Macedonian poet Mateja place where Macedonians and In- Matevski ,the 50th anniversary of ternationals will meet and get to- art creation of the famous Mace- gether, interchanging positive donian painter Gligor Chemerski , experiences and cultures. One will and the exhibition organized on be able to learn to speak Macedon- that occasion. ian language and get familiar with our literature, Macedonian folk Dear reader of the Macedonia songs and dances, English conver- Welcome Centre Magazine, as you sation, Yoga, Cooking, internati- all know we are sending you a free onal dancing. We will be also copy of the Magazine at your or g anizing numerous outdoor en- work address, in case you missed tertaining activities and visits to it or you are not receiving the many interesting places all over Magazine please note that you can Macedonia. always obtain a free copy at the All information about the activi- Together shops in Macedonia, or ties of the International Club may at our premises in the International be found on the web site of the Club. Macedonia Welcome Centre www.dmwc.org.mk. 8 Balance by Irina Gjeorgieva Yoga Instructor When you hear the word balance, what is your first thought? What is your first image? In everyday life we look for a balance in everything we do. If we give too much sun to our favourite flower it will dry out, if we give too much water it will be- come rotten. If we have an imbalance of minerals or of this, the muscles of the body be- vitamins in our body we feel weak, come supple and firm.The impor- and if we have a bacterial imbal- tant endocrinal system is ance we may feel ill. controlled and regulated so that the By practicing Yoga we are bring- correct quantities of different hor- ing balance not only to our physi- mones are secreted from all the cal body, but also to our mental glands around the body. This has a and spiritual body. Yoga postures direct effect on our physical well practiced in a particular way, with being and our mental attitude to- awareness of the movements and wards life. in harmony with one’s own breath- Asanas, (bodily postures) makes ing, balances the nervous system the body flexible and able to adjust and increases bodily control and itself easily to changes in the envi- mental concentration. As a result ronment. The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are brought into a state of balance so that the internal organs that they control are nei- ther overactive nor underactive. To summarize, we can say that these asanas maintain the physical body in op- timum condition and encourage an un- healthy body to be- come a healthy one. 7KHOLIHRIIHUVPHPDQ\RSSRUWXQLWLHV7KHOLIHRIIIIHUV PH PDQ\RSSRUWXQLWLHV 00\LQVXUDQFHDVZHOO\ LQVXUDQFFH DV ZHOO ,QVXUDQFHRI,QVXUDQFH RI WKH1HZ*HQHUDWLRQVKH 1HZW *HQHUDWLRQV 11 The Value of Small Literature by Robert ALAGJOZOVSKI, cultural manager, literary critic It is often said that literature is lated into many other langu ages. the soul of a nation. It is especi - But today’s globalisation asks for ally true for small nations whose a more systematic approach in the uniqueness and identity is expre - translation of the literature, in order s sed in the literary creation. for us to take part in a global in- Macedonia is a country rich with a tercultural dialogue. variety of literature. In the six de - As a result, two projects of Mace- cades since the codification of the donian literature translation have standard Macedonian language, been borne. ther e have become many excel- lent writers from all literary gen- The first project is called Babylo- res; from drama to prose and nia, by Blesok publishing, where poetry. There are many writers a few hundred Macedonian books who have made extraordinary de- have been put online, both in the velopments in the rethorics and original text and translated into semantics of the language, and several other languages. Macedo - who have enriched the language nian literature reaches its global with new words and phrases. We audiences by the use of contempo- are especially happy to have ma - rary media tools. These books can be ny of our bards still living among accessed at www.e-books.com.mk us, including poets such as Mateja Matevski, Bogomil Gjuzel and The second project is the transla- Radovan Pavlovski, the prose tion of 130 volumes of the best writer Mitko Madzunkov and the Macedonian literature into the playwrite Goran Stefanovski.