Month: July 2012

Preparing for Trinity (June 3, 2012).  Падрыхтоўка да Тройцы. In a tradition with deep pre-Christian roots, Belarusans mark Trinity by spreading marsh reeds in the entryway and throughout their home as well as in front of their parish church and in the nave.  In pre-Christian times this tradition celebrated the greening of spring.  Now the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 11, 2012

Evening Light, Ploshchava 2012.  Вечарнае асьвятленьне, Плошчава 2012 год. Ploshchava is one of a series of Pripet Marshes villages which have preserved a significant number of thatched roofs.  Storks prefer to nest on thatched roofs.  These villages thus continue to attract a healthy population of storks for their annual five-month stay in Belarus.

Belarus in Faces (part LVI).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LVI). Azdamichy 2012.  Аздамічы 2012 год.

Near Tal’ 2012.  Ля вёскі Таль 2012 год.

Approaching rainstorm, near Tal’ 2012.  Ля вёскі Таль 2012 год. A couple of minutes after I took this photo the sky in the distance filled with diffused but blinding sunlight as the car was enveloped in a shimmering rainstorm.

Landscapes of Polesia.  Палескія краявіды. Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.

Map of Belarus, Il’lja 2012.  Мапа Беларусі, Ільля 2012 год.  

Belarus in faces (part LV).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LV). Azdamichy 2012.  Аздамічы 2012 год.

Enduring Faces (part X).  Выветраныя твары (частка Х). Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.

For 15 years Father Jan, priest-dean of the Iuje deanery, has led an early-July pilgrimage from his parishes to the Marian sanctuary in Trakeli in Harodnja (Grodno) Province.  This Marian celebration takes place the first or second Saturday in July after the main Belarusian Marian festival at Budslau (for Budslau see, e.g., photos for July… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 2, 2012