Month: October 2013

Homeward Bound with the Potato Harvest, Tsjerablichy 2013.  Дадому з бульбай, Цераблічы 2013 год.

Harvesting Potatoes, Tsjerablichy 2013.  Збор бульбы, Цераблічы 2013 год. The potato is fundamental to the Belarusian diet.  The planting and harvesting of potatoes are thus moments of intense focus in the Belarusian cycle of the year.  Private ownership of farmland remains forbidden in Belarus.  As a result, beyond their home gardens, villagers are dependent on… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 10, 2013

Belarus in Faces (part XCIV):  Sjerafima Shpakouskaja with her great-granddaughter Paulinka, Mjasjatsichy 2013.  Беларусь у тварах (частка XCIV):  спадарыня Серафіма Шпакоўская з праўнучкай Паўлінкай, Мясяцічы 2013 год. Many villages on both sides of the Pripet River (Prypjats’ – Прыпяць) to the east of Pinsk retain some of the architecture and pace of life — and… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 9, 2013

Belarus in Faces (part XCIII), Azdamichy 2013.  Беларусь у тварах (частка XCIII), Аздамічы 2013 год. What has always struck me is how well kids of different ages play together in Belarusian villages.  Many of these kids had been in church in the morning for the celebration of the Honey-Blessing Feast/Feast of the Maccabees.

Belarus in Faces (part XCII):  historian-paleograph-archivist Z’mitser Jatskevich, artist-restorer Juras’ Malinouski, historian-ethnographer-conservationist and chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historic and Cultural Monuments Anton Astapovich, Ms’tsislau (Ams’tsilau) 2013. Беларусь у тварах (частка XCII):  гісторык-археограф-архівіст Зьміцер Яцкевіч, мастак-рэстаўратар Юрась Маліноўскі й гісторык-этноляг-культуроляг і старшыня Беларускага добраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторы й культуры Антон… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 7, 2013

Belarus in Faces (part XCI), Al’homjel’ 2013.  Беларусь у тварах (частка XCI), Альгомель 2013 год.

Gathering Hay, Pustynski Monastery of the Dormition, Pustynki 2013.  Збор сена, манастыр Усьпеньня Прасьвятой Багародзіцы, Пустынкі 2013 год. The Pustynski monastery was first founded in 1380 on the site of a spring which — then as now — is accepted as having miraculous curative powers.  From the beginning of the 17th century until the Russian… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 4, 2013

Blessing of School Backpacks, Harvest Mass (Dazhynki), Replja 2013.  Асьвячэньне школьных ранцаў, Дажынкі, Рэпля 2013 год. Father Andrej blesses pupils and their open backpacks for the coming school year.

Consecration of the Eucharist, Harvest Mass, Replja 2013.  Кансэкрацыя Эўхарыстыі, Дажынкі, Рэпля 2013 год.