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Photo of the Day for May 4, 2017

The bench (part XVI):  spring evening conversation.  Azdamichy 2014. What can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 4, 2017

Photo of the Day for May 2, 2017

Polesian spring:  new plastic sheeting for the cucumber hothouse.  Tsjerablichy 2016. Палеская вясна:  новая плёнка для парніку.  Цераблічы 2016 г.  

Photo of the Day for May 1, 2017

Sjamihos’tsichy 2014.  As apple blossoms swirled by, this father paused from fixing the tether of his horse to put his son on the horse’s back for a brief, exhilarating ride. Сямігосьцічы 2014 г.  

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