Month: March 2012

Photo of the Day for March 8, 2012: The Bench IX / Лаўка ІХ

The Bench (part IX).  Лаўка (частка IX). What can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus, especially when covered in snow?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 8, 2012: The Bench IX / Лаўка ІХ

Photo of the Day for March 6, 2012: Belarus in Faces XLIII / Беларусь у тварах XLIII

Belarus in Faces (part XLIII).  Беларусь у тварах (частка XLIII). Pjatro is the vice-principal in the primary school in the next village.  Valjantsina teaches biology in the local village school.  Three years ago Pjatro had a miraculous recovery from what appeared to be a fatal illness.  He and Valjantsina were married in their parish church… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 6, 2012: Belarus in Faces XLIII / Беларусь у тварах XLIII

Photo of the Day for March 5, 2012

Memorial to Local Victims of Stalinism, Vynja 2012.  Помнік мясцовым ахвярам сталінізму, Выня 2012 год. The monument contains the three crosses traditionally used in Belarus: Orthodox; Roman Catholic and Protestant; and Greek Catholic.

Photo of the Day for March 3, 2012: Interior Light XIII / Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне ХІІІ

Interior Light (part XIII): Granny Eufrasin’nja’s Kitchen.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка ХІІІ): кухня бабулі Эўфрасіньні. There is something deeply comforting in the natural light that suffuses a Belarusian home.  This is a light as ineffable and timeless as it is bound to place and season. Сонечнае сьвятло напаўняе беларускі дом і робіць яго невымоўна ўтульным.  … Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 3, 2012: Interior Light XIII / Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне ХІІІ