Venice of Macedonia? I doubt it.

[David Edenden]

Monday, September 04, 2006

A bombastic headline conceals an interesting article about ancient
boats in Nakolec, Republic of Macedonia. Nakolec, an ancient Venice ...
yeah right! Therefore, Dolno Dupeni must be the Paris of the ancient
Balkans! And don't get met started on Podmocani! Next time Ivan, write
your story before you consume a bottle of "rakia".

Forgotten Macedonian Venice Reveals Pre-Historic Artifacts:

Monday, 04 September 2006

Source: Macedonian daily newspaper Vreme

Written by Ivan Blazhevski

Translated by UMDiaspora Staff

For decades now, the Cultural Center in Resen has housed boats, some
4,000 years old. They belonged to the Prespa inhabitants of the Stone
Age, and were discovered on the shores of Lake Prespa."

[Samovila]

For you to say that, even sarcastically, that "Dolno Dupeni must be the
Paris of the Balkans" is even more absurd and makes me wonder if you
even see the parallel of the writer at all? They could have compared
it to Amsterdam for that matter, but the point of the article is not
that it looks like Venice or it looks like Amsterdam; the point is that
the village was built on the waters of Lake Prespa (which is reflected
in the name itself) and that people used the boats to travel through
the waterways of the village, just like people would use gondolas to
travel through Venetian waterways.

So, maybe if you eased up on "rakija" yourself, you'd be able to see
that point more clearly and not take the "Venice" reference so
literally.

[Istor the Macedonian]

He is SlavoSkopian like you Samovila (= rural house ! Am I
SlavoSkopian?)
But apparently he is not like you !

Istor
Macedonian, therefore Greek

[David Edenden]

I totally apologise. I now agree with you that the headline was not
bombastic, but instead a uncannily accurate reporting of the length and
breadth of the canals in in Nacolec. I'm sure that Dolno Dupeni (the
hole below) is a very fine place, notwithstanding its name. However, in
the spirit of Macedonian unity, we can all agree to make fun of
Podmochani. I was going to make fun of Smrdesh, but I did not want to
ge Slavko Mangovski pissed off at me. Has anyone ever admitted to being
born in Podmochani?

"Another similar incident occurred with the editor and rights activist
Slavko Mangovski, the son of a political refugee who was born in the
Macedonian village Smrdesh or Kristalopigi in Northern Greece. Slavko
Mangovski is editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Makedonsko Sonce,
published in Skopje, and is also known for his defence of the rights of
Macedonian minorities in the Balkans. On 28 August, 2000 he attempted
an entry at the border crossing of Negochani or Niki in order to visit
a festival in a Macedonian village. After the routine computer check,
he was advised to wait and after approximately 10 minutes was summoned
to the office of what appeared to be the chief of the police and given
a Notification Certificate for the Refusal of Entry specifying "other
reasons" as grounds for the refusal. At the same time a crossed stamp
was placed in his U.S. passport, apparently in order to alert border
authorities that he is effectively banned from ever entering Greece."

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