Month: June 2012

Summer Dreams, Kuradava 2012.  Летнія мары, Курадава 2012 год.

To commemorate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.  З наголы Сьв. Апосталаў Пятра й Паўла. Even when its name-day feast falls on a work day the church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Iuje is full to overflowing for the celebratory mass.

Belarus in Faces (part LIV).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LIV). Hard work and quiet pride in ownership always achieve higher productivity than the collective farms:  smallholdings are vital to farming in Belarus.  Wandering through riverside villages in the marshlands southeast of Pinsk, I chanced upon this man and his family diligently working their small acreage,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 28, 2012: Belarus in Faces LIV / Беларусь у тварах LIV

May evening in Polesia.  Травеньскі вечар на Піншчыне. Ploshchava 2012.  Плошчава 2012 год.

Machul’ 2012.  Мачуль 2012 год. The village of Machul’ in the central Prypjats’ (Pripet) area of Polesia is an ideal spot to enjoy the lingering evening light of late spring and early summer.

Home from the first cutting of hay.  Дадому з першай касьбы. Koziki 2012.  Козікі 2012 год.

Dust Devil, Chyrvonaje 2012.  Веснавы віхор, Чырвонае 2012 год. Most people rush to Polesia along the main Slutsk-Mikashevichy highway.  However, the parallel highway through Ljuban’ to Zhytkavichy offers a more pleasant ride through forests and tranquil villages.  I stopped here to photograph a dust devil in the field.  The dust devil took its revenge by… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2012

Midsummer’s Night (Kupal’lje), Chars’ts’vjady 2006.  Купальле, Чарсьцьвяды 2006 год. Midsummer’s night is celebrated in many places in Europe between the summer solstice and St. John’s Day (June 24).  Belarusians call the celebration Kupal’lje in honor of John the Baptist.  Some in Belarus mark the celebration according to the Julian calendar, thus the night of 6-7… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 23, 2012

Granny Vjera and two of her grandchildren, Jahor and Chesa, enjoy ice-cream by the river.  Цёця Вера з унукам Ягорам і ўнучкай Чэсай частуюцца марожанаем ля ракі. Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.

Early June Flowers (part II): Peonies.  Чэрвеньскія кветкі (частка ІІ):  півоніі. Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.