Teskoto is a Macedonian folk dance.
Origins of this folk dance are from the western part of Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 and are related to whole Miak region. This traditional folk dance is the image of the hard life that Macedonian people

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 lived starting from the second half of the 19th century. It is traditionally performed by the close family of a person who goes abroad to earn money for his family.
This folk dance has inspired many artists and poets (for example Blaze Koneski

Blaže Koneski

Blaže Koneski was one of the most distinguished Macedonian poets, writers, literary translators, and linguistic scholars...

's poem "Teškoto" - "The Hard One").

Other performances of "The Hard One":

• The Chamber Orchestra "Skopski Solisti" performing "The Hard One" from Gligor Smokvarski, a fragment from the ballet "Macedonian story", Arrangement. A.Shurev. The 10 year anniversary concert took place at the "Home of the Army of Republic of Macedonia" ("Дом на АРМ").