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Berovo Ethno Square Festival in Berovo
The Berovo Ethno Square Festival is a cultural event in the eastern mountain town of Berovo showcasing traditional Macedonian crafts, costumes, music and dance in the town square, with a focus on Malesevo regional folklore. Local ethno-cultural associations and visiting folklore groups take part in an open-air program of demonstrations and performances.
Berovo lies in a mountainous pocket of eastern North Macedonia, part of the wider Malesevo region whose relative isolation over the centuries helped preserve folk customs, costume styles and craft techniques somewhat distinct from those of the lowland Vardar valley towns.