Sar Planina
Associations---Macedonia
Tapes Found On---DC II
Origin---Macedonia
Choreographer---traditional
Notes
Sar (shar) Planina is a mountain range in Macedonia, long associated
with Greek freedom from Turkish rule. - you cross the Sar Planina into
Albania (symbolically difficult)
The rhythm is in 7
Count 1-2-3---1-2---1-2
or
long-short-short
During the dance take one step for the long beat and one step for
the two short beats.
VARIATIONS:
on the first two steps turn once (or twice!) in two steps while
traveling with the circle
The Planina (where Dimna Juda lives) has for all of known history
been the mountains from which the others come.
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