Author: johnkunstadter

Photo of the Day for June 8, 2010

Ascension Day and Burying of the Arrow/Узьнясеньне й Пахаваньне стралы Ascension Day (May 13 in 2010), which falls on the fortieth day after Easter, coincides with the pre-Christian Belarusan fertility rite of the burying of the arrow (Пахаваньне стралы — pakhavan’nje straly).  Burying of the arrow, in which women, principally grandmothers, walk to a rye… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 8, 2010

Photo of the Day for June 4, 2010

Congratulations and warmest wishes to Nadzja and Pavel, getting married today/Віншаваньні й найлепшыя пажаданьні Надзі й Паўлу.  Сёньня яны бяруць шлюб.  Sto liat!!! Danjushava 2008/Данюшава 2008 год

Photo of the Day for June 3, 2010

Waiting for the Visitation of the Image of Christ the Merciful, Kamjen’ 2009/У чаканьні абраза Езуса Міласэрнага, Камень 2009 год In late spring 2009 the Minsk-Mahiljeu Archdiocese sent an image of Christ the Merciful on visitations to parishes in the region around Mjensk. Вясна 2009 года. Перэгрынацыя абраза Езуса Міласэрнага па парафіях Мінска-Магілёўскай архідыяцэзіі.

Photo of the Day for May 31, 2010

To Commemorate Rusalka Week/З нагоды Русальнага тыдня In Slavic folk traditions the rusalka is a mermaid or female water nymph or spirit.  In Bohemia and Moravia rusalki are associated in folk tales with the luring of young men into death by drowning.  However, in Belarus village women use oak leaf or other branches to dress… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 31, 2010