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The stone town, is situated by the Kuklica village in the
Kratovo district. According to
the sources, the stone figures, that are mentioned by the local population as
Dolls, are 10 million years old. For their existence there are many legends and
myths, but the most famous is the one, according to which, the stone figures are
wedding guests (people), that were cursed by the forsaken bride, and turned into
a rocks. There are 120 stone figures, one by another, up to 10 meters high.
The legends speak that once a upon a time, one boy from the
village of Kuklica (that is above the stone town), who cannot decided whom to
marry with, asked two girls. The wedding with the both of them was planned in a
same day. There used to be a tradition not to have more than one wedding in each
day, because the brides must not be seen each other, during their wedding - that
was a bad luck. Not knowing for that one of the brides saw that there is another
wedding in the same day and run out of her house to see who is getting married.
When she saw her boyfriend with another girl, she cursed all of them: "Let God
turn all of you into rocks, even me". And in the moment all of people got frozen
and turned into rocks.
According to another legend, the existence of the stone
figures is very different. There used to be a wood in this area, but due to the
wars it was burned down. Soon the area became nearly to a desert. When the army
passed because of the low temperatures, all of the soldiers frizzed and turned
into rocks.
But the scientist do not agree with the legends. According to
them, they were formed 10 million years ago, by the tectonic erosion, from a
minerals that dissolve in water. As the time passed, the nature created master
pieces. The local population says that on every 5-6 years a new figures appear. |
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