At the last web conference, Interpret Europe presented the results of their Western Balkan initiative and announced the release of the brochure ‘Fostering communities through heritage interpretation: Case studies from the Western Balkan region’. The brochure contains 17 case studies that fulfill IE’s criteria for good heritage interpretation and several additional examples that show excellence in a particular area of work. The focus of all studies was on the active involvement of heritage communities. Among these studies are two cases managed by HAEMUS. The first case study on good practice examples in heritage interpretation includes our
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To celebrate the International Day of Archaeology 2018, two years ago HAEMUS” organized a series of lectures in the field of archaeology, on November 15, 2018, at the EU Infocentre in Skopje. The event was promotional, in collaboration with the Archaeological Institute of America. Its primary goal was to popularize Macedonian archaeology and cultural heritage in general. The International Day of Archaeology is a world event that celebrates archaeology and raises awareness of archaeology as a science, at the same time providing an opportunity for public participation in archaeological activities and debates. The speakers at the event
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HAEMUS, in collaboration with Poetry Slam Macedonia, is launching a poetry slam video contest on the subject of “Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility”. The subject reflects the global context of the heritage as part of the cultural identity during the times of a rapid demographic change, conflict, and unstable environment. Sites, landscapes, cultural practices (customs) or collections (of artifacts and art) – the topic covers a diverse cultural heritage, as well as our collective responsibility to protect, present and pass on its significance and values to the following generations. Explore what cultural heritage inspires
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On 22.11.2019 at 07:00 pm, HAEMUS in partnership with Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst – Macedonia Program organized an event entitled “Let’s Invest in Futurism: The cultural landscapes of one post-socialist city” at Kino Kultura in Skopje. After the catastrophic earthquake from 1963, Skopje was envisioned and afterward built as an example of a modern, futuristic, socialist – utopian, Yugoslavian city. The remains of this vision and this Skopje are still visible in the material and intangible culture of the city. In many of the post-socialist countries, there are debates about the architecture and the symbolism of this cultural
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The traditional manifestation “Grandma March Day 2020” organized by HAEMUS will be open for the seventh time on February 26 at 12 pm on the first floor in the Capitol Mall in Skopje. The event is part of activities related to the recognition of this traditional ornament as an Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List since 2017. The event will be open until March 1st, and despite the original hand-made amulets from Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, the exhibition will also be enriched with educational panels, a handicraft gallery of martinki and creative workshops
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Movie-like landscape. On a hill at the end of the village of Kurbinovo, overlooking the Prespa Lake, is the small single-nave church of St. George. The portrait of the donor is badly damaged, and there is no other written information about the founder of the temple except for the inscription on the altar that the frescos were painted in April 1191, and probably the church was built a year earlier. The church of “St. George” in the village of Kurbinovo is of great cultural, historical and artistic importance not only to North Macedonia, but also
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