Today, March 11, the leading on-line Belarusian newspaper Nasha Niva reported the destruction by fire of the beautiful 18th century wooden church of St. Dz’mitry in Ljelikava (Лелікава) in the southwestern region of Belarusian Polesia (Pripet Marshes): https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=226721. The church was a classic example of the Polesian style of wooden church architecture: dignified, plain-spoken,… Continue reading Lost Heritage / Страчаная спадчына
Month: March 2019
Photos of the Day for March 11, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. Vernacular architecture: decorated gables, decorative window frames (lishtvy). Slabada 2019. Houses in Slabada display various treatments of the traditional gable symbol for rows of grain and fertile fields. One can also see variations on the locally-prevalent symbol… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 11, 2019
Photos of the Day for March 10, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. Vernacular architecture: old wooden house with attached barn/storage area. Slabada 2019. As one can see here and in the photos for March 11, Slabada’s dead-end position in the “borderlands” between two provinces has left the village’s architectural… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 10, 2019
Photos of the Day for March 9, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. On the way to pick up a load of hay. Slabada 2019. Returning with a load of hay. Slabada 2019.
Photo of the Day for March 8, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. Khutar (individual homestead), Listapady 2019. Хутар, Лістапады 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for March 7, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. Crosses of Belarus (part XCVI), Listapady 2019. Крыжы Беларусі (частка XCVI), Лістапады 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for March 6, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. Examples of vernacular village architecture and decorative elements: gable decorations, wooden cornices, and decorative window frames. Listapady 2019. Прыклады народных стыляў ува ўпрыгожаньні хат: шчыты, карнізы, ліштвы. Лістапады 2019 г. Scarecrows… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 6, 2019
Photos of the Day for March 5, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part II): Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада. Old house with a decorated wood cornice and decorative window frame (lishtva) typical for the villages in this area. The design could be stylized wheat sheaves or crowns. Pjerakhody 2019. Старая хата з тыповымі для вёсак у… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 5, 2019
Photos of the Day for March 4, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part I): Slavjensk, Ts’viraushchyna, Zhomajdz’. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка I): Славенск, Цьвіраўшчына, Жомайдзь. Zhomajdz’ 2019 (see also photos of the day for July 17-19, 2014). The toponym Zhomajdz’ is Baltic in origin; the modern-day descendants of the Baltic tribe of the Zhamojty (Zhemajty, Zhmudz’, Samogitians) form part of the modern… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 4, 2019
Photos of the Day for March 3, 2019
Valozhyn District in winter (part I): Slavjensk, Ts’viraushchyna, Zhomajdz’. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка I): Славенск, Цьвіраўшчына, Жомайдзь. Churches of Belarus (part CCXCIX): Orthodox cemetery chapel, Ts’viraushchyna 2019. The chapel has fine examples of gallettes (small stones as a decorative motif) in the masonry walls. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCXCIX): праваслаўная могілкавая капліца, Цьвіраўшчына 2019 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 3, 2019