Pašina Voda is a picturesque Durmitor village in the municipality of Žabljak, located in the heart of Jezerska Poverša, not far from the city center of Žabljak. Here are some of the most interesting details and legends about this place: 1. Legendary legend about the origin of the name Unlike many places whose names have fallen into oblivion, Pašina Voda is associated with a striking and poignant folk legend: According to folklore, the village used to be called something else, but at the beginning of the 18th century (around 1705), the Turkish Mustaj Pasha Selmanović beheaded the local duke Ilija Kosorić. Ilija's widow, Anđelija Kosorić, decided to avenge her husband. She went to Pasha's camp/chardak at the spring, managed to execute Mustaj Pasha and brought his head to her mother-in-law, after which she fled with her children to her family. Since that event, in memory of the revenge and the Turkish Pasha who died next to that spring, the village and the spring itself have been named Pašina Voda. 2. Geography and environment The village is located on the vast Jezerska plateau at the foot of Durmitor, surrounded by meadows and pastures suitable for cattle breeding. It is located at an altitude of over 1,400 meters, from which there is an open view towards the peaks of Durmitor. 3. Traditional architecture and heritage With the construction of the Zabljak bypass and more modern roads, Pašina Voda became recognizable for its well-preserved traditional rural architecture. In the village, you can still see authentic Durmitor wooden houses and old livestock households (huts and sheds) made of wood and stone, adapted to the harsh mountain winters. 4. Population and life in the village Like most villages in Durmitor, Pašina Voda is traditionally a herding area. In recent decades, the village has shared the fate of mountain villages in Montenegro in terms of the decrease in permanent population, but due to the proximity of Žabljak and the Durmitor National Park, rural tourism, the construction of cottages and ethno-households for the reception of tourists is increasingly developing in it.
