The showbreed "Sar" stands between 26 and 30 inches (65-75 cm) in height and weighs 77 to 99 pounds (35-45 kg).
The name comes from the Šar mountain range (Šar Planina) spanning the border of the Macedonia and Kosovo, where he is typically found accompanying and guarding the great sheep flocks as they graze.
It is also believed that the original mountain sheppard dog (based in the Mollos family) was cross bred with wolves during the Middle Ages to create the 'modern' Sar (certainly the modern Sar resembles a wolf in movement).
The dog was the ideal employee, happily adapting to new sheep and new quarters.
Sheep and goat raisers are discovering advantages to owning a Sar when the majority of their predator problems disappear.
The Sar will protect all of its territory and the living creatures within it.
www.dogbreedinfo.com /sarplaninac.htm (662 words)
Ljuboten - Biocrawler(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ljuboten (Macedonian Љуботен; Serbian Љуботан;, Ljubotan) is mountain peak at SarPlanina at the border between Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro.
At the Macedonian side of this beautiful peak are located several more significant places: mountain house "Ljuboten", Shija Ljubotenska (Ljuboten's Neck), Kozja Karpa (English Goat's Rock), Shiljast Kamen (Pointed Rock), Rogacevski Korita.
Every year at Ilinden (August 2), national holiday of Macedonia, more than 200 people are enjoying in the untouched nature of Ljuboten and SarPlanina (Shar Mountain).
In marked contrast to the Albanians, the Macedonian minority in Tetovo lives in either drab, Yugoslav-era high-rise apartments, or else in dilapidated old houses in Tetovo's "old town." This section of town is located on the base and side of the SarPlanina mountain.
Several villages in the desolate stretches of SarPlanina, that were part or all Macedonian a year ago, are now entirely Albanian.
Further down the mountain to the northeast, the army currently keeps an eye on SarPlanina and anyone who might try to attack from the hills.
It comes from the root verb sarar, "to have dominion." The female form is sara while the male form is sar, denoting human mortals who have dominion through rulership -- kings, queens, princes, and princesses.
As further illustration of why the origins were Semitic consider the name sar as it was used for titles of nobility in the past.
Other examples of the sar title may be found in Akkadian myths.
Frank remained in the business with his brother Louis until 1950, and the club was later sold in 1952.
Also in the fifties and sixties, Frank was the backbone of the SarPlanina Orchestra that saw the likes of musicians such as Mel Dokich, Julius Peskan, Matt Jurisic, Horace Mamala, Tony Markulin, and the late super prima Steve Makarewich.
It was during the mid-fifties to early sixties that Frank and Marty and their SarPlanina Orchestra performed numerous engagements on the WGN television program International Cafe, with Rudy Orisek as the host of the show.
Vratnica is placed in the upper part of the Polog valley and the foothills of mountain pick Ljuboten (2498 m), at one of the most beautiful mountains in Macedonia, SarPlanina.
The area of Vratnica city spreads : from top ridge of Shara Mountain (SarPlanina) between Ljuboten and Piribeg picks at north, to Vardar river at south.
Several rivers (Rakita, Beloviste river, Vardar), and high mountain picks (Ljuboten - 2498 m, Piribek, SarPlanina - the biggest mountain in Macedonia).
www.vratnica.5u.com /about.html (983 words)
Breeds of Livestock - Sar Planina Sheep(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The SarPlanina are of the Pramenka type.
They are usually white but occationally fl and white with fl on the head and legs.
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A Kosovar Albanian sheepherder and his son in the SarPlanina mountains on the Macedonia-Kosovo border.
My team's favorite weekend activity was to lay out our military maps and head for a remote area usually in the SarPlanina, the beautiful mountain range that divides Macedonia and Kosovo.
These mountains reminded me of my home in Vermont, especially in the fall when the Macedonian trees are alive with color.
Sarplanina is a mountain with glacial relief, beautiful forests, streams and rivers.
From this point you can visit one of the most beautiful places in Sarplanina: Lesnica (3 hours walking from mountain house Jelak, near Popova Sapka).
Titov Vrv e najvisokiot vrv na Sar Planina.Ima kula na vrvot koja porano bila meteoroloska stanica.Se stignuva od poveke strani i site se podednakvo interesni.
www.peakware.com /peaks.html?pk=461 (172 words)
Kopacka [Macedonia] song lyrics(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
There was an avalanche on Šar Planina (a mountain range NW of Skopje) and three shepherds were buried alive.
The first shepherd pleads, “Let me go, Šar Planina.
The material was gathered from various public and private sources, and may not be completely accurate.
Se navali Šar planina is Old Macedonian Traditional song
If you want some other Old Macedonian Traditional songs I have a collection which I can share with you.
I knew that Šar planina is in Macedonia and that this is a song from Macedonia but I just wasn't thinking.
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Dance notes: Raspukala Šar Planina (Lesnoto/Pravoto)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Raspukala Šar Planina is a modern rendition of an old song from Kavadarci about what happens to three shepherds on the Šar Planina mountain range just NW of Skopje.
It has become one of the “classic” tunes for the dance Lesnoto/Pravoto.
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Sarplaninac (SarPlanina) (Illyrian Sheepdog) (Charplaninatz) Photo courtesy of Yugoslav Shepherd Dog Sarplaninac Description The coat of the Sarplaninac is about 4 inches (10 cm.) long.
First page about Sarplaninac (Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog) in Slovenia.
