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Photo expedition to Smarhon’ and Ashmjany Districts (IV/XVI):  small-holder farming in Balobany 2016.  The toponym Balobany could well be of Tatar origin. Фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім і Ашмянскім раёнах (IV/XVI):  Фермерства ў в. Балобаны 2016 г.  Ці тапонім татарскага паходжаньня?   Homestead (khutar – хутар) on a frosty morning.  Хутар пры 15 градусах марозу. Hay for… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 6, 2016

Photo expedition to Smarhon’ and Ashmjany Districts (III/XVI):  Balobany 2016. Фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім і Ашмянскім раёнах (III/XVI):  Балобаны 2016 г.   Crosses of Belarus (part XLII).  Крыжы Беларусі (частка XLII).

Photo expedition to Smarhon’ and Ashmjany Districts (II/XVI):  road to Ardashy 2016. Фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім і Ашмянскім раёнах (II/XVI): на Ардашы 2016 г.

Photo expedition to Smarhon’ and Ashmjany Districts (I/XVI):  along the Mjensk-Vilnius highway. Фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім і Ашмянскім раёнах (I/XVI):  уздоўж дарогі Менск-Вільня.   Pjerakhody 2016.  Пераходы 2016 г.   Near Milejkava 2016.  Ля в. Мілэйкава 2016 г.

Blessing of homes (II/II), Azdamichy 2016.  Orthodox Christian tradition calls for the blessing of homes by the parish priest after the celebration of the January 19 feast of the Theophany (Baptism of Christ – Vadokhryshcha).  This rite parallels the Roman Catholic tradition at Epiphany. In Azdamichy Father Aljaksandr began his rounds that afternoon.  Intending that… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 2, 2016

Blessing of Houses (I/II), Azdamichy 2016.  Parallel to the Roman Catholic tradition at Epiphany, Orthodox tradition calls for the blessing of homes by the parish priest after the celebration of the January 19 feast of the Theophany (Baptism of Christ – Vadokhryshcha).  In Azdamichy Father Aljaksandr began his rounds the afternoon of the 19th.  Intending… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 1, 2016

Granny Prosja.  I first photographed Granny Prosja by chance as we passed through Tsjerablichy in the spring of 2008.  Спадарыня Прося, Цераблічы 2008 г. Now 98, Granny Prosja (born January 14, 1918), continues to work a full day.  She kindly agreed to interrupt her work preparing feed for the chickens to have me take her… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 29, 2016

Kitchen Light, Azdamichy 2016.  Асьвятленьне ў кухні, Аздамічы 2016 г.

Candle-making for the parish church, Tsjerablichy 2016.  Ever since the September 2014 consecration of the village church of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy, Vjerka and Halja have volunteered to make candles for the church.  They use either beeswax from Vjerka and her husband Misha’s hives or, as here, stubs collected from the paraffin candles parishioners have… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 27, 2016

Polesia in Winter:  Azdamichy 2016.  Палесьсе ўзімку:  Аздамічы 2016 г.