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Konavle women's headwear
In the entire Mediterranean area, including the Balkans and beyond, there were always ways in which women styled their hair and covered...
Konavle Earrings — Vežilice
Earrings are one of the most popular and oldest forms of jewelry in the world. They were mostly worn by women, though men occasionally...
Who was Mijo Šiša Konavljanin?
In the heart of Konavle, in the village Mihanići, the artist Mijo Šiša Konavljanin was born in 1946. He became a visual chronicler of...
The Mijo Šiša Collection
Mijo Šiša Konavljanin* (1946 – 2017) was the only self-taught Konavle folk painter. Though he is often referred to as a naïve painter, he...
Undivided Family Households of Konavle
Undivided family households [ 1 ] were found all over the Balkans, dating back hundreds of years. The names they used for their groups...
Footwear in Konavle
Opanci  (traditional leather footwear) are the oldest known form of footwear of Konavle peasants. In times of domestic footwear...
Konavle Embroidery
The art of making Konavle embroidery connects all women of Konavle. In the past, this embroidery was a mandatory part of the Konavle folk...
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