Šubara

Civil Šubaras

The šubara (Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic: шубара) is a type of traditional male winter hat used by the Serbs in folk attire and by Macedonians. It is in a conical or cylindrical shape predominantly in black colour, because of the black lamb/sheep fur (woolen).^[1][2] It is a traditional peasant hat used in harsher and colder times.

It was used in the World War I by the Serbian soldiers and by the Chetniks in World War II and again during the Yugoslav Wars. It usually has the cockade (kokarda) of the Serbian eagle or other Serbian symbols.^[3]

See also

• Serbian Folk attire
• Goran Šubara, Australian Serb footballer
• Petar Šubara, Yugoslav major (Šubara was a nickname)^[4]
• Woolen hats used by other peoples:
  • Ushanka, Hat used in Russia (Soviet fur cap)
  • Papakhi, Hat used in Caucasia
  • Karakul, Hat used in Central and South Asia

References

1. Natural resources and beauties of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, p. 87, at Google Books
2. A Serbian village at Google Books
3. Armies in the Balkans 1914–18 at Google Books
4. With Stalin Against Tito: Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communism at Google Books