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Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (I/IX):  ethnotoponyms.  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўскім раёне 2015 г. (I/IX):  этнатапонімы. Like Baranavichy and Ljakhavichy Districts (see photos for June 23-July 5, 2014) northeastern Stoubtsy District, 60-90 kilometers southwest of Mjensk, has a noteworthy intersection of ethnotoponyms — place-names reflecting the ethnic origin of their inhabitants. Hudzjali (Гудзялі) has as… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 26, 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (VI/VI).  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (VI/VI). Crosses of Belarus (part XXIII).  Крыжы Беларусі (частка ХХІІІ). In villages of eastern Polesia (Homjel’ Region) it is a syncretic Christian/pre-Christian tradition to dress crosses as women to protect the village against disease.  See also the photo of the day for March 20, 2015.

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (V/VI).  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы ((V/VI). Mrs. Aljena Karas by her painted gate, Daniljevichy 2015.  Спадарыня Алена ля брамы, Данілевічы 2015 г. Painted gates are a tradition in parts of Belarusian Polesia and in Ukraine.

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (IV/VI):  Mrs. Aljena Karas.  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (частка IV/VI):  спадарыня Алена Карас. Mrs. Karas was delighted to show us her full traditional dress, hand-made and hand-embroidered in the style of the area around Daniljevichy.  Спадарыня Алена шчыра падзяліла свой час, каб паказваць нам комплекс свайго строю ды апрануцца ў яго. Daniljevichy… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 23, 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (III/VI):  two Ninas.  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (III/VI):  дзьве Ніны. Mrs. Nina on the left was the one who offered to introduce us to Mrs. Nina on the right and to other women in Daniljevichy who actively maintain village traditions and dress. Daniljevichy 2015.  Данілевічы 2015 г.

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy 2015.  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы 2015 г. Mrs. Nina kindly took time to talk to us about her life and the history, traditions and fate of Daniljevichy.  Шчырыя падзякі спадарыне Ніне за час, што нам падзяліла, каб разказваць пра свае жыцьцё ды пра гісторыю, традыцыі й лёс Данілевіч. Mrs. Nina, Daniljevichy 2015. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 21, 2015

Photo expedition to Daniljevichy (I/VI).  Фотавандроўка ў Данілевічы (I/VI). In Belarus the 1986 Soviet nuclear power plant meltdown at Chernobyl most harshly affected the rich fabric of village life and traditions in the southeastern region of Homjel’ (Гомель).  Nevertheless, deeply-rooted, unique-to-their-village folk traditions (songs, legends, syncretic Christian/pre-Christian rites, embroidery) continue in a number of surviving… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 20, 2015

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (VI/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (VI/VI). Ruins of Orthodox cemetery chapel, Aljaksandrauka 2015.  This late-19th/early-20th-century wooden chapel has suffered severe degradation in the past ten years. Руіны праваслаўнай драўлянай капліцы на могілках, Аляксандраўка 2015 г. Cemetery, Aljaksandrauka 2015.  Могілкі, Аляксандраўка 2015 г.

Granny Vul’ljana (Tsjerablichy, March 12, 1934 – Tsjerablichy, March 18, 2015).  Бабулечка Вульляна (Цераблічы 12.03.1934 – Цераблічы 18.03.2015). Beloved Granny Vul’ljana died this morning.  Granny Vul’ljana was the backbone of her family, her village, her country.  She never stopped working until a stroke in early 2012 left her bedridden.  Yet her wisdom, her stories and… Continue reading Granny Vul’ljana / Бабулечка Вульляна

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (V/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (V/VI). Landscapes of Belarus:  Paljadki 2015.  This depopulated village is on the border of Chervjen’ and Bjerazino Districts and sits astride one of the few secondary roads between the two districts. Ландшафты Беларусі:  Палядкі 2015 г.