Karapsko maalo

Karapsko maalo or Karapska Maala is an old neighborhood in Kumanovo, Macedonia. It was a very popular neighborhood among Macedonians that lived in the town. It was across today's south side of High School Goce Delchev till the end of the street Mosha Pijade. The name of the neighborhood came from the Ottomans. Every house in the neighborhood had a yard, neighboring yard were connected with doors. This was used by anyone who was chased by the Ottomans. Macedonians, komits and revolutionaries used this scheme to escape to the towns outskirts and the town itself. The Ottomans called it the dark or the secret neighborhood.