Month: April 2017

Photos of the Day for April 30, 2017

Springtime in central-western Belarus.  Valjeuka 2009. Навагрудчына ўвесну.  Валеўка 2009 г.     Apple blossoms. Росквіт яблыні.     Ready for potato planting (and hunting for field mice). Падрыхтоўка да насаджэньня бульбы й паляваньне на мышак.

Photos of the Day for April 26, 2017

Polesian spring:  a dam and her filly.  Machul’ 2014. Палеская вясна:  кабыла з кабылкай.  Мачуль 2014 г.        

Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017

Eastertide rites in Belarus:  Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots.  On the morning of Radaunitsa, which falls on the Tuesday nine days after Easter, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017

Photos of the Day for April 24, 2017

Crosses of Belarus (part LXIX):  cleaning and decorating graves for Radaunitsa (the major day for honoring forebears’ graves, nine days after Easter Sunday).  Tsjerablichy old cemetery 2016. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXIX):  падрыхтоўка да Радаўніцы.  Старыя могілкі, Цераблічы 2016 г.            

Photos of the Day for April 22, 2017

Ljabjady (Ljebjadzi) 2015. One of the rewards of wandering the back roads of Belarus is stumbling on villages which preserve their traditional layout, texture and vernacular architecture.  Ljabjady (Ljebjadzi), on the rail line connecting the district centers of Zel’va and Vaukavysk, is a classic example of such a village. Неруш:  Лябяды (Лебядзі) 2015 г.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 22, 2017

Photo of the Day for April 21, 2017

Portraits of Polesia, Khotamjel’ 2014. Партрэты Палесься:  хлопцы й атаманша, Хотамель 2014 г.