Month: March 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy 2015.  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы 2015 г. Mrs. Nina kindly took time to talk to us about her life and the history, traditions and fate of Daniljevichy.  Шчырыя падзякі спадарыне Ніне за час, што нам падзяліла, каб разказваць пра свае жыцьцё ды пра гісторыю, традыцыі й лёс Данілевіч. Mrs. Nina, Daniljevichy 2015. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 21, 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (I/VI).  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (I/VI). In Belarus the 1986 Soviet nuclear power plant meltdown at Chernobyl most harshly affected the rich fabric of village life and traditions in the southeastern region of Homjel’ (Гомель).  Nevertheless, deeply-rooted, unique-to-their-village folk traditions (songs, legends, syncretic Christian/pre-Christian rites, embroidery) continue in a number of surviving… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 20, 2015

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (VI/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (VI/VI). Ruins of Orthodox cemetery chapel, Aljaksandrauka 2015.  This late-19th/early-20th-century wooden chapel has suffered severe degradation in the past ten years. Руіны праваслаўнай драўлянай капліцы на могілках, Аляксандраўка 2015 г. Cemetery, Aljaksandrauka 2015.  Могілкі, Аляксандраўка 2015 г.

Granny Vul’ljana (Tsjerablichy, March 12, 1934 – Tsjerablichy, March 18, 2015).  Бабулечка Вульляна (Цераблічы 12.03.1934 – Цераблічы 18.03.2015). Beloved Granny Vul’ljana died this morning.  Granny Vul’ljana was the backbone of her family, her village, her country.  She never stopped working until a stroke in early 2012 left her bedridden.  Yet her wisdom, her stories and… Continue reading Granny Vul’ljana / Бабулечка Вульляна

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (V/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (V/VI). Landscapes of Belarus:  Paljadki 2015.  This depopulated village is on the border of Chervjen’ and Bjerazino Districts and sits astride one of the few secondary roads between the two districts. Ландшафты Беларусі:  Палядкі 2015 г.

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (IV/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (IV/VI). Former estate of the Slats’vinski (Slatvinski) family, Ravanichy 2015.  The mid-19th-century residence was burned during the Second World War, reconstructed in 1952, and used as a hospital until the beginning of the 1990s.  Now abandoned, the building has suffered significant damage. Былая сядзіба Слацьвінскіх (Слатвінскіх),… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 17, 2015

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (III/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (III/VI). Churches of Belarus (part LXXXVIII):  ruins of the Roman Catholic church of St. Anthony of Padua (built 1799 by the Slats’vinski family), Ravanichy 2015.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка LXXXVIII):  руіны касьцёла Сьв. Антонія Падуанскага, Раванічы 2015 г. Of note are the rustic but finely-shaped Ionic capitals… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 16, 2015

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (II/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (II/VI). Belarus in Faces (part CXLVIII):  Pjatro, Ravanichy 2015.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXLVIII):  спадар Пятро, Раванічы 2015 г.

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (I/VI):  ruins of estate distillery, Valaduta 2015.  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (I/VI):  руіны сядзібнай вінакурні, Валадута 2015 г. The ruins have further degraded, including loss of more roof timbers, since the photo on the Belarusian heritage site Radzima.org (http://www.radzima.org/be/miesca/valaduta.html) was taken in 2010.

Ash Wednesday (V/V).  Папялец (Папяльцовая серада) (V/V). Homeward bound after imposition of ashes and Mass, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Дахаты пасьля пасыпаньня попелем ды сьвятой Імшы, Каменная Горка 2015 г.