Editing Carnival (section)

====North Macedonia====
The most popular Carnivals in [[North Macedonia]] are in [[Vevčani]] and [[Strumica]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caucaso |first=Osservatorio Balcani e |title=Carnivals in Macedonia: Between Paganism and Modernity |url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/North-Macedonia/Carnivals-in-Macedonia-Between-Paganism-and-Modernity-32906 |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=OBC Transeuropa |language=it}}</ref>

The Vevčani Carnival ([[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]: Вевчански Kарневал, translated ''Vevchanski Karneval'') has been held for over 1,400 years, and takes place on 13 and 14 January (New Year's Eve and New Year's Day by the old calendar). The village becomes a live theatre where costumed actors improvise on the streets in roles such as the traditional "August the Stupid".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macedonia.co.uk/client/index1.aspx?page=403 |title=Vevcani Carnival |publisher=Macedonia.co.uk |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927163226/http://www.macedonia.co.uk/client/index1.aspx?page=403 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Strumica Carnival (Macedonian: Струмички Карневал, translated ''Strumichki Karneval'') has been held since at least 1670, when the Turkish author Evlija Chelebija wrote while staying there, "I came into a town located in the foothills of a high hillock and what I saw that night was masked people running house–to–house, with laughter, scream and song." The Carnival took an organized form in 1991; in 1994, Strumica became a member of [[Federation of European Carnival Cities|FECC]] and in 1998 hosted the XVIII International Congress of Carnival Cities. The Strumica Carnival opens on a Saturday night at a masked ball where the Prince and Princess are chosen; the main Carnival night is on Tuesday, when masked participants (including groups from abroad) compete in various subjects. As of 2000, the Festival of Caricatures and Aphorisms has been held as part of Strumica's Carnival celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore MK |url=http://www.explore.mk/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Explore Macedonia}}</ref>