Photo of the Day for June 3, 2017

Traditional backpack (noshka – ношка), Tsjerablichy 2014. It is ever rarer to see women carrying things in the traditional way by forming a large cloth into a backpack. Ношка, Цераблічы 2014 г.    

Photos of the Day for May 30, 2017

May is the month for peonies and early lilies in Tsjerablichy. У траўні Цераблічы вітае ўсіх марнатраўнасьцю півоній і ранішніх лілій.    

Photo of the Day for May 28, 2017

Belarus in Faces (part CCXX):  grannies during Marian Month (May), Prudy 2013. These grannies were chatting on a bench after praying at a village Marian shrine — villagers in the Naliboki Wilderness (Nalibotskaja pushcha – Налібоцкая пушча) scrupulously observe the tradition of daily communal prayer to the Virgin Mary at roadside shrines.  They are holding… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 28, 2017

Photos of the Day for May 27, 2017

Marian Month (May):  roadside shrines in Kamjen’ and Nalibaki 2013. Villagers in the Naliboki Wilderness (Nalibotskaja pushcha – Налібоцкая пушча) scrupulously observe the Marian Month tradition of daily communal prayer to the Virgin Mary at roadside shrines.  Месяц Марыі:  прыдарожныя каплічкі ў Камені й Налібаках 2013 г.     Kamjen’.  Камень.     Nalibaki.  Налібакі.

Photo of the Day for May 26, 2017

Belarus in Faces (part CCXIX):  feast of the Ascension, Dzjerkaushchyna 2014. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXIX):  Унебаўшэсьця, Дзеркаўшчына 2014 г.  

Photo of the Day for May 25, 2017

To commemorate the Feast of the Ascension:  patronal feast day, Roman Catholic church of the Ascension, Dzjerkaushchyna 2014. З нагоды Ўнебаўшэсьця Пана:  прастольнае сьвята й урачыстасьць, касьцёл Унебаўшэсьця Пана, Дзеркаўшчына 2014 г.