Month: January 2013

Hog butchering, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Калоць кабанчыка, Цераблічы 2011 год. The butchering takes place at a methodical pace.  Note the cross incised before the first cuts.

Hog butchering, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Калоць кабанчыка, Цераблічы 2011 год. After carefully burning and scraping off the hair, the men then wash the hog carcass in scalding water to ensure cleanliness before the butchering begins.

Preparing to butcher the hog, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Спадар Васіль падрыхтуецца калоць кабанчыка, Цераблічы 2011 год. The ancient tradition of hog breeding and butchering continues strongly in Belarusian villages.  Families normally butcher their hogs around Christmastide or later in January.  The process, during which just about every part of the hog is used, takes up to… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 9, 2013

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

Christ is born!  З Раством Хрыстовым!  Са сьвятам! Davyd-Haradok 2012.  Давыд-Гарадок 2012 год.  

For Epiphany.  З нагоды Аб’яўленьня Пана. Church of the Holy Trinity, Strubnitsa (Pljabanautsy) 2012.  Касьцёл Найсьвяцейшай Тройцы, Струбніца (Плябанаўцы) 2012 год.  

January in Polesia.  Палесьсе ў студзені. Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2011.  Вялікае Малешава 2011 год.

View from the church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Mjadz’vjedzichy 2011.  Касьцёл Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла, Мядзьведзічы 2011 год.

Churches of Belarus (part XXII):  Church of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul, Mjadz’vedzichy 2011.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка ХХІІ):  касьцёл Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла, Мядзьведзічы 2011 год.   It would seem natural if, in wandering off the beaten track and through the small village of Mjadz’vjedzichy in west-central Belarus, one merely stopped to admire… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 3, 2013

Belarus in Faces (part LXXII).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXXII). Primary school, Machul’ 2011.  Базавая школа, Мачуль 2011 год.