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Marko Cepenkov, worked as a collector of folk art, continued and
enlarged the Miladinovci brothers activity. With their capital work The
Collection, they showed to the world the talent of the Macedonian people for
creating verses. The folk materials collected by Cepenkov witness about
narrative abilities and the wisdom of the Macedonian nation.

Marko
Cepenkov was self-educated craftsman - tailor who passionately inscribed the
folk stories. He published most of the collected material in "Zbornik na
Narodni Umotvorenija - The Collection of Folks Songs, Riddles and Costumes"
in Sophia. In 1954, The "Tales and stories" were published, composed
of some of the collected materials. Cyril Penushliski in 1958-1960
published all the materials which were not published at that time, in three
volumes entitled "Macedonian folk stories". The institute of folklore
in Skopje published Marko Cepenkov's "Collected Works" in then
volumes. |