Traditional Crafts from Orava

Wood craft

The Orava region was always rich in woods, where from the wood was outputted and later cultivated in different ways. The most developed was the production of shingles and planks/boards. With wood were also connected crafts such as carpentry (carpenters worked with big pieces of wood and built wooden houses or bridges), joinery, or wheelwrighting (wheelwrights made mainly wheels for carts and carriages).

Iron production

The blacksmiths were mainly concentrated in the village of Zazriva together with bell makers. Here were made small bells for sheep, but also big tower and church bells. The local balcksmith also knew how to make handles, guns and cartridge shells.

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