Month: March 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (VI/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (VI/IX). Churches of Belarus (part XCI):  ruins of Orthodox (built as Greek Catholic) cemetery chapel of 1777, Najdzjonavichy 2015.  See photo of the day for March 19, 2015 for similar example of neglected and disappearing national patrimony. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХСІ):  руіны праваслаўнай… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 31, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (part V/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (частка V/IX). Belarusian homesteads (part VIII).    Беларускі хутар (частка VIII). Western Belarus is an area still heavily dotted with homesteads (khutar – хутар).  Homesteads were created during the land reform of 1923-26 while these lands were part of the interwar Polish Republic. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 30, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District (IV/IX):  Rubjazhevichy 2015.  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне (IV/IX):  Рубяжэвічы 2015 г. Historic house covered in plastic siding.  House owners face high maintenance and restoration costs.  There is also a lack of master restorers in Belarus.  One thus understands that some owners of historic buildings decide to use modern materials.  However, it… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 29, 2015

Photo expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (III/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (ІІІ/ІХ). Churches of Belarus (part XC):  Orthodox church of St. George, Slabodka 2015. This is an outstanding and rare example of Belarusian late 19th-century wooden churches in a proto-Art Nouveau style. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХС):  царква Сьвятога Георгія, Слабодка 2015 г.  Гэтая царква… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 28, 2015

Photo expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (II/IX):  Rochavichy.  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўскім раёне 2015 г. (ІІ/ІХ):  Рочавічы. Churches of Belarus (part LXXXIX):  Roman Catholic church of the Mother of God of Czestochowa, Rochavichy.  This church exemplifies how the Roman Catholic church in Belarus has worked steadily and nobly to rebuild parishes shattered under the Soviet system… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 27, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (I/IX):  ethnotoponyms.  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўскім раёне 2015 г. (I/IX):  этнатапонімы. Like Baranavichy and Ljakhavichy Districts (see photos for June 23-July 5, 2014) northeastern Stoubtsy District, 60-90 kilometers southwest of Mjensk, has a noteworthy intersection of ethnotoponyms — place-names reflecting the ethnic origin of their inhabitants. Hudzjali (Гудзялі) has as… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 26, 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (VI/VI).  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (VI/VI). Crosses of Belarus (part XXIII).  Крыжы Беларусі (частка ХХІІІ). In villages of eastern Polesia (Homjel’ Region) it is a syncretic Christian/pre-Christian tradition to dress crosses as women to protect the village against disease.  See also the photo of the day for March 20, 2015.

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (V/VI).  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы ((V/VI). Mrs. Aljena Karas by her painted gate, Daniljevichy 2015.  Спадарыня Алена ля брамы, Данілевічы 2015 г. Painted gates are a tradition in parts of Belarusian Polesia and in Ukraine.

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (IV/VI):  Mrs. Aljena Karas.  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (частка IV/VI):  спадарыня Алена Карас. Mrs. Karas was delighted to show us her full traditional dress, hand-made and hand-embroidered in the style of the area around Daniljevichy.  Спадарыня Алена шчыра падзяліла свой час, каб паказваць нам комплекс свайго строю ды апрануцца ў яго. Daniljevichy… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 23, 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (III/VI):  two Ninas.  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (III/VI):  дзьве Ніны. Mrs. Nina on the left was the one who offered to introduce us to Mrs. Nina on the right and to other women in Daniljevichy who actively maintain village traditions and dress. Daniljevichy 2015.  Данілевічы 2015 г.