Month: April 2012

Staryna 2008.  Старына 2008 год.

Traditional Beekeeping in Polesia (part III).  Традыцыйнае палескае бортніцтва (частка ІІІ). Collecting Honey, Azdamichy 2006.  Збор мёду, Аздамічы 2006 год.

Traditional Beekeeping (part II).  Традыцыйнае палескае бортніцтва (частка ІІ). It is rare to put more than one kaloda (a hollowed-out section of tree trunk used as a bee hive) in the same tree.  In the first photo one hive had survived the winter in a weakened state; the other hive had not survived. Inspecting Beehives… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 28, 2012: Traditional Beekeeping II / Палескае бортніцтва ІІ

Traditional Beekeeping (part I).  Традыцыйнае палескае бортніцтва (частка І):  выдзёбваньне новай калоды. Regrettably the Belarusian tradition of using a hollowed-out section of tree trunk (калода – “kaloda”) as a bee hive has faded.  However, the tradition remains alive in the southern wetlands region of Polesia along the Pripet River (Прыпяць – “Prypjats’”).  Beekeepers place each… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 27, 2012: Traditional Beekeeping I / Палескае бортніцтва I

Rubjel’ 2009.  Рубель 2009 год.

Planting Potatoes.  Пасадка бульбы. The potato is an essential food in the Belarusian diet.  Families are anxious to make maximal use of a short growing season.  All members of the family, often an extended family, strive to plant their crop by the end of April in their own small plots or in whatever acreage the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 25, 2012

Belarus in Faces (part XLVI):  Easter-Day Portrait.  Беларусь у тварах (частка XLVI):  партрэт на Пасху. Tsjerablichy 2010.  Цераблічы 2010 год.

Still-Life (part VI).  Нацюрморт (частка VI). Tsjerablichy 2010.  Цераблічы 2010 год.

Il’ich 2009.  Ільіч 2009 год.

Drahljeutsy 2008.  Драглеўцы 2008 год.