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	This Summer, Why Not Bulgaria?
		Karakachan is small nomadic community in the Balkan mountains, sheepmen by tradition.
		Karakachan are Orthodox Christians, they speak in ancient Greek dialect, and they have preserved their antic rituals and pagan beliefs blended with their orthodox rituals.
		For already 12 years Karakachans have been coming together on the first weekend of July in the Karandila region, near the town of Silven, in the north-eastern part of Bulgaria, wearing their traditional clothes, with their dogs, horses and sheep.
	www.viaggiareibalcani.org /ENGLISH/bulgaria/estate_b.htm (1642 words)

	The Reading Room - National pride on four legs - news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We owe to the Karakachans and to their specific, conservative livestock breeding traditions the selection and saving of the most ancient and typical representative of all the coarse-wool, "tzakel" sheep and the most primitive breed of local horse.
		Led by their needs, the Karakachan shepherds played the main role in the conservation of this livestock-guarding dog, which fits a number of specific requirements of nomad livestock breeding practice.
		Karakachan dogs are shaggy, with coarse, long and thick fur, which protects them from the winter cold and the sharp temperature changes in the mountains.
	www.sofiaecho.com /art.php?id=7493&catid=29 (1155 words)

	Concordia
		In the last two centuries historic sources refer to the Karakachans as semi nomads who along with their families and the entire households have been traveling from the alpine mountains to the warm lowlands of the Balkan Peninsula in search of pastures for their flocks.
		Among the Balkan ethnic minorities, the Karakachans are the only ethnic community which managed to preserve a semi nomadic way of living until the middle of this century.
		All Karakachans are Christians and belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
	www.sbline.net /clients/bl-md (421 words)

	Molosserworld's Karakachansko Kuche History page
		The Karakachan dog is a nearest heir to the Tibetan mastiff together with the Mongolian and the Middle-Asian shepherd dogs, the Caucasian dog, the Shar-mountain dog, the Turkish shepherd dogs Karabash and Akbash, the shepherd dogs of the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains.
		Wandering with their herds across the whole Balkan Peninsula the Karakachans have mixed their dogs with the heirs of the ancient dogs and this process has lasted for hundreds of years.
		For the first time the name "Karakachan dog" is officially mentioned in 1938 in an artickle dedicated to this breed and published in German cynological issue.
	www.moloss.com /brd/il/k002/history.html (551 words)

	Wallachians, Kutzowallachs, Karakachans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Karakachans and Kutzowallachs maintained their originality in the course of centuries owing to their nomadic life in the past.
		The free movement of the Karakachans and the Kutzowallachs was seriously hampered in the first decades of the 20th century, when their century-old routes were confronted with the borders and custom-houses of the Balkan countries.
		In recent times, Karakachans, supported officially by the Greek Government, have shown a growing interest in their original identity.
	www.geocities.com /Eureka/Company/5577/engl/Narod/vlassi.html (539 words)

	ÂËÀÑÈ, ÊÓÖÎÂËÀÑÈ, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Karakachans and Kutzowallachs maintained their original culture in the course of centuries owing to their nomadic life in the past.
		Along with Karakachans and Kutzowallachs, there are several dozens of thousands "pure" Wallachians living in this country.
		They are peasants, who, from the 18th century on, kept fleeing to the Ottoman Empire, because taxes and levies there were lower than in their native land, Romania.
	www.omda.bg /engl/narod/vlassi_engl.html (558 words)

	Encyclopedia: Balkans
		Other much smaller stateless minorities include the Gagauz, the Gorani, the Karakachans, the Arvanites and the Aromanians.
		Jump to: navigation, search The Gorani are a Slavic ethnic group living in a region called Gora (Slavic for Mountain) just south of Prizren in the Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija, currently under NATO and United Nations administration.
		Karakachans or Sarakatsani are an itinerant white color (i.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Balkans (9287 words)

	MINELREL-L Archive (04051999-13:07:12-4862) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Whereas the Vlachs adopted the Latin tongue, the Karakachans became Hellenised.
		But even in Greece they are unofficially recognized as a separate ethnographic group due to their customs.
		Sometimes I wish Greece treated the Pomaks and Macedonians the way the Karakachans are treated in Bulgaria.
	www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /minelres/archive/04051999-13:07:12-4862.html (312 words)

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		The Bulgarian Karakachan dogs a breed is that is the nearest heir to the Tibetan mastiff together with the Mongolian and the Middle-Asian shepherd dogs, the Caucasian dog, the Shar-mountain dog, the Turkish shepherd dogs Karabash and Akbash, the shepherd dogs of the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains.
		For the first time the name "Karakachan dog" is officially mentioned in 1938 in an article dedicated to this breed and published in German cynological issue.
		Unfortunately there is a greater variety of types and important characteristics as height of the withers, length and color of the hairy cover, length and width of the head vary in great limits.
	www.vlachophiles.net /conf.htm (3739 words)

	THEOREM - THE BLACK FLEECE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Karakachans might build simple huts for a season that they left without any regrets a few weeks later, to be inhabited by another group of nomads.
		Mesmerised, they chased after the mirage of a fl, woolly wave that flooded the vast spaces between the Aegean Sea and the mountains of the Balkans, guided by the natural power of the moon.
		Deprived of their Promised Land, the Karakachans disappeared, - the long trail of caravans was swallowed up by oblivion.
	www.asso-theorem.com /englishversion/spectacles/toison.html (381 words)

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		To achieve these objectives, it was foreseen to organize a seminar on human rights and civil society development for 30 young people from the majority and the minorities and a summer camp on human rights education for 100 young persons from majority and minority communities.
		CBM(2000)12 Karakachans regional revival: fostering Karakachans cultural identity and promoting an active civic minority-majority cooperation" The project "Karakachans regional revival: fostering Karakachans cultural identity and promoting an active civic minority-majority cooperation" was presented by the Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia (Bulgaria).
		The aims of the project were to enhance mutual confidence and interaction between the Karakachans minority groups and the Bulgarian majority in the regions were they cohabitate, and to foster the cultural identity of the Karakachans through their participation in the national public life.
	www.evropski-pokret.org.yu /doc/download/coe/inf(2000)05a.doc (5637 words)

	Passy Became Karakachan at Karandila Fair - Standart / Стандaрт (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You make me feel like a real Karakachan, stated, obviously moved, Foreign Minister Solomon Passy right after he was given a plaque as a souvenir of the 13th national fair of Karakachans.
		The food was cooked and distributed in original huts made of leaves that the Karakachans once used to live in.
		The Karakachan men ring dance was led by a dancer with the Karakachans' flag called flambora.
	www.standartnews.com /archive/2004/07/05/english/features (459 words)

	Eurozine - Articles
		There are no Pomak, Turkish, Gypsy and Karakachan equivalents of Zheravna, Kovatchevitza, and Bozhentzi; there is no Armenian old Plovdiv, there is not one Greek tavern in Nessebar.
		For example, the period of transition in the Kotel 'stronghold' brought about a curious upturn: the (Greek-speaking) Karakachans all of a sudden turned out to be wealthier and more influential than Bulgarians (the mayor and few of the big businessmen today are Karakachans).
		But if you expect to see the Karakachan heritage in Kotel (tourist-oriented at least) such as cuisine, customs, museums, mythology, etc., you will be disappointed.
	www.eurozine.com /article/2004-02-05-ditchev-en.html (3909 words)

	Where the Souls Rest, A study on the Karakachans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This beautifully illustrated book aim to present to the reader the life and customs of the Karakachans, a tribe of Greek origin inhabiting the high mountains of Bulgaria.
		It attempts to provide an answer to the question "Who are the Karakachans?", by simply stating: Karakachans are Karakachans.
		They are relic population which, in spite of all influences and changes, has managed to preserve the basic building elements of an ancient culture.
	www.pensoft.net /notes/11457.stm (98 words)

	exhib (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The aesthetic sense of the Japanese, who value a sense of season, of fortune, of long life and the healthy growth of a child, is wonderfully expressed in the patterns of the kimono.
		It shows aspects of traditional way of living of a small minority group, named Karakachans, until 1954 when they have to settle down.
		The paintings of N. Zarev give idea of some of the most specific features of karakachan culture and traditions.
	hs41.iccs.bas.bg /exh/exhib.htm (1176 words)

	Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All ministries in Bulgaria are presented in the Council at vice-ministerial level, as well as four relevant governmental agencies (including the National Office for Refugees and the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad).
		Also members of the Council are representatives of NGOs of all the ethnic groups who traditionally live in Bulgaria: Turks, Tatars, Jews, Armenians, Karakachans, Wallachians and Roma people.
		The most important of them we consider the already signed agreements with the Karakachans concerning the compensations for those deprived of their sheep during the communist period.
	assembly.coe.int /Documents/WorkingDocs/doc00/edoc8616ADDII.HTM (1378 words)

	Bulgaria - a brief history ouline - The Slavs
		The thinning numbers of the local Thracians merged completely with the Slavs.
		Only a few small groups of Thracians survived in the mountain regions, where they survive to this day as, nomadic stock-breeders: they are known as Walaohians (Romanized Thracians) or as Karakachans (Hellenized Thracians).
		The thousand-year history of the Thracians found its continuation in the birth and Bourishment of the new Bulgarian state.
	www.digsys.bg /books/history/slavs.html (561 words)

	Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bulgaria.- Recommendation 1442 (2000) of the Parliamentary Assembly.- ...
		A multilateral programme (including Bulgaria) on Roma and access to justice is currently being prepared.
		As part of confidence-building measures several activities concerning Roma and Karakachans have been proposed.
		As regards the implementation of the European Social Charter, there is provision for assistance with the drafting of the first report on the Charter as part of the joint programme with the European Commission for the promotion of the European Social Charter.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/euro2000/documentation/comminister/rec14422000.htm (684 words)

	Karakachans
		This breed originated in Bulgaria and is a working dog.
		The Karakachan people are nomad livestock breeders and the Karakachan dogs are accustomed to working in all types of terrain and weather conditions.
		It is said that two dogs can easily handle 300 sheep even with the large number of predators in the mountainous country.
	www.gotdogsonline.com /pictures/gallery/karakachans (75 words)

	Property for sale in Bulgaria, Village of Gabarevo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Raducheva kashta house – a restored house built in the 19 century is also a site of interest to see.
		The first floor of the house hosts the “Valera” restaurant and its second floor houses a private museum dedicated to the way of life, culture and traditions of the Karakachans.
		If you visit the house of the Ivanov family you will be received warmly thus witnessing the real Bulgarian hospitality.
	www.blackseavillas.net /index.php?p=29&id=1981 (307 words)

	Balkans karakachans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This Balkans karakachans dom is allocated for Balkans karakachans associated matters and should be used for Balkans karakachans interrelated and correlated Balkans karakachans issues only.
		We are in the process of creating this Balkans karakachans category and welcome recommended Balkans karakachans readings and ideas from our audience.
		We will, of course, be adding a few choice items from our own Balkans karakachans articles and Balkans karakachans tips, but will definitely consider other Balkans karakachans contributions based on their Balkans karakachans potential value to our customer base!
	www.balkandom.net /Balkans-karakachans.html (600 words)

	Notes from History - A palace with history - Life&Leisure news
		The palace was again reconstructed and its facade changed in 1893 to 1895 (during the time of Prince Ferdinand) when Austrian architect Friedrich Grunanger, who had graduated in architecture in Vienna (1879) expanded the eastern wing and incorporated elements of Renaissance Viennese Baroque.
		Today, the eastern wing accommodates the Ethnographic Museum and is a unique presentation of Bulgaria's wedding rituals and traditions, Greek-origin karakachans and the nomadic lifestyle of generations of Bulgarians.
		Contributions to the most recent look of the building have also been made by Austrian and Czech architects Rumpelmayer Kolar.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/notes-from-history---a-palace-with-history/id_10085/catid_32 (654 words)

	Welcome to Cedar Springs Farm
		Now that Bulgaria is independent, the breed is being revived.
		There are only about 700 Karakachans in the world and only a very few in the US.
		In Bulgaria they're being paired with a wolf conservation program, using the dogs to scare away wolves rather than having them shot.
	www.cedarspringsfarmnetn.com (244 words)

	Ministry of Economy and Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria
		The Ethnic Happening is held at a national level.
		Participants are Bulgarian, Turks, Romas, Karakachans from the entire country.
		International Symposium "Thrace - pontika" - sub aquatic archaeology - VIII edition
	www.mi.government.bg /eng/tur/pol/docs.html?ch_id=77751 (879 words)

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