Mijaks

Galičnik Wedding Festival.
Girls in Mijak dress.

Mijaks (Macedonian: Мијаци, romanizedMijaci) are an ethnographic group of Macedonians who live in the Lower Reka [mk] region which is also known as Mijačija (Macedonian: Мијачија), along the Radika river, in western North Macedonia, numbering 30,000–60,000 people. The Mijaks practise predominantly animal husbandry, and are known for their ecclesiastical architecture, woodworking, iconography, and other rich traditions, as well as their characteristic Galičnik dialect of Macedonian. The main settlement of the Mijaks is Galičnik.