Month: August 2019

Photo of the Day for August 21, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Prosja (born January 14, 1918).  Tsjerablichy 2019. Great-Granny Prosja has been busy this week helping her daughter Halja with the potato harvest. Партрэты Палесься: бабуля Прося (нарадзілася 14.01.1918 г.).  Цераблічы 2019 г. Гэты тыдзень бабуля Прося капае бульбу з дачкой Галяй.        

Photos of the Day for August 18, 2019

Presentation of Nadzja’s newborn son Ivan.  Tsjerablichy 2019. It is an Orthodox Christian tradition to have the priest present a newborn child to God around the baby’s 40th day.  The tradition evokes both the presentation of Jesus in the temple (Meeting at the Temple or Strechan’nje, the Orthodox equivalent of Candlemas, celebrated February 15 in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 18, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 16, 2019

Learning to blow out the candles, Orthodox Trinity Monday, Tsjerablichy 2019. Перадача веры: тушэньне сьвечак, другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, Цераблічы 2019 г.        

Photos of the Day for August 14, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy, Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы, Сіцы, Параф’янава.   Sitsy. Сіцы.   Out-building and old wall of former estate of the Damjejka family. Сядзібная забудова й сьцяна былой… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 14, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 13, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy (Dokshytsy District), Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы (Докшыцкі раён), Сіцы, Параф’янава.   The toponym (ethnonym) Charkasy appears in at least six places in Belarus.  The name reflects… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 13, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 12, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy, Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы, Сіцы, Параф’янава.   Zavaroty. Завароты.   An unusual roadside shrine with wooden sculptures of the crucifixion, angels and birds under a canopy.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 12, 2019