Eastertide Portraits. Велікодныя партрэты. Ivan, one of Il’lja’s godfathers, holds his two-month-old godson toward the end of the christening. Easter Monday, Azdamichy 2015. Спадар Іван трымае свайго двухмесячнага хросніка Ільлю на прыканцы хрышчзньня. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2015 г. Godfathers and relatives after the christening. Хросныя бацькі й сваякі пасьля хрышчэньня.
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Photo of the Day for June 2, 2015
Eastertide Portraits: Easter Monday (Bright Monday) in Azdamichy 2015. Велікодныя партрэты: Сьветлы панядзелак у Аздамічах 2015 г.
Photo of the Day for June 1, 2015
Eastertide Portraits: Easter Day in Azdamichy 2015. Велікодныя партрэты: Вялікдзень у Аздамічах 2015 г.
Photo of the Day for May 31, 2015
Eastertide Portraits: Easter Day in Azdamichy 2015. Велікодныя партрэты: Вялікдзень у Аздамічах 2015 г.
Photo of the Day for May 30, 2015
The Bench (part XIV): Easter evening in Azdamichy 2015. Лаўка (частка XIV): Вялікдзень у Аздамічах 2015 г. 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 feast-day evening,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 30, 2015
Photos of the Day for May 29, 2015
Celebration of Easter: presentation by Sunday school pupils, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2015. Сьвяткаваньне Вялікадня: імпрэза нядзельнай школы царквы Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2015 г.
Photos of the Day for May 28, 2015
Easter Rites (VII/VII). Велікодныя абрады (VII/VII). Blessing of Easter bread, Daniljevichy 2015. Асьвячэньне Велікодных страў, Данілевічы 2015 г. Villagers patiently waited for the priest to arrive. He arrived and left in such a hurry that the ceremony, while satisfying the grannies, was clearly an afterthought to the timeless rites observed earlier in the morning. We… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 28, 2015
Photos of the Day for May 27, 2015
Easter Rites (VI/VII). Велікодныя абрады (VI/VII). Maja, Daniljevichy 2015. Мая, Данілевічы 2015 г. Attentively watched by her great-grandmother Katsjaryna, Maja insisted on taking full part in the village Easter traditions. By the end of the morning, we and the grannies agreed that Maja had proved herself equal in granny skills to all the others. Напрыканцы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 27, 2015
Photos of the Day for May 26, 2015
Easter Rites (V/VII). Велікодныя абрады (V/VII). The Bench (part XIII): awaiting the arrival of the local priest to bless Easter bread. Daniljevichy 2015. Лаўка (частка ХІІІ): у чаканьні сьвятара для асьвячэньня Велікодных кулічоў. Данілевічы 2015 г.
Photos of the Day for May 25, 2015
Easter rites (IV/VII). Велікодныя абрады (IV/VII). The heart of the Easter celebration in Daniljevichy is the re-dressing and worship of the stone cross of the “girl turned to stone” (see photos of the day for March 20, 2015). Village women carefully tie headdresses (namitka – намітка – a traditional girl’s or woman’s head-covering, especially in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 25, 2015