Month: November 2011

Vjapraty 2011.  Вяпраты 2011 год.

It is now exceptionally rare for me to shoot color film.  However, who could resist photographing the riot of autumn colors in Belarusian gardens and recording the care and quiet pride each granny invests in her flowers? Mjensk Region 2011.  Меншчына 2011 год.

Belarus in Faces (part XI), Rubjel’ 2011.  Беларусь у тварах (частка ХІ), Рубель 2011 год.

Azdamichy 2011. Аздамічы 2011 год.

Interior Light (part X), Tsjerablichy 2010.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка Х), Цераблічы 2010 год. The tablecloth in this photo is home-woven. See also photo of July 31, 2011.  Гл. таксама фотаздымак 31 ліпеня 2011 года.

Landscapes of Belarus (part XXII):  toward Sjelivanautsy 2009.  Краявіды Беларусі (частка ХХІІ):  на Селіванаўцы 2009 год.

Apple-Blessing feast (part III), Azdamichy 2011.  Яблычны Спас (частка ІІІ), Аздамічы 2011 год. The Orthodox Apple-Blessing feast on August 19 is one of the most important church services in Azdamichy’s cycle of the year.  The church overflows with three generations of parish families.

Apple-Blessing Feast (part II), Azdamichy 2011.  Яблычны Спас (частка ІІ), Аздамічы 2011 год. The Apple-Blessing church service in the central Polesian parish of the Holy Trinity (the villages of Azdamichy and Tsjerablichy) is one of the parish’s most important feasts in the cycle of the year.  This was the fifth time I have attended the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 3, 2011: Apple-Blessing Feast II / Яблычны Спас ІІ

To commemorate All Souls’ Day.  Ва ўспамін усіх памерлых вернікаў. All Souls’ Day, when Roman Catholics pay homage at family graves, coincides with the Belarusian pre-Christian rite of Dzjady (Дзяды), which falls at the end of October or beginning of November.  Dzjady is a central observance in the Belarusian cycle of the year.  Families honor… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 2, 2011

To commemorate All Saints’ Day.  З нагоды Ўсіх Сьвятых. Varapajeva 2008.  Варапаева 2008 год.