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Granny Vul’ljana tatting.  Бабуля Вульляна пляце зубы. Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.

Granny Vul’ljana knitting while warming herself by the stove.  Бабуля Вульляна пляце панчохы ля грубкі. Tsjerablichy, Winter 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.

Home from church.  Дадому з царквы. Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2012.  Вялікае Малешава 2012 год.

Winter Landscapes of 2012 (part X).  Зімовыя краявіды 2012 года (частка Х). Along the Slutsk Highway.  Уздоўж Слуцкай трасы.

Polesia in Winter (part XII):  After School, Rubjel’ 2011.  Палесьсе ўзімку (частка XII):  павольна дадому са школы, Рубель 2011 год.

The Bench (part IX).  Лаўка (частка IX). What can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus, especially when covered in snow?  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… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 8, 2012: The Bench IX / Лаўка ІХ

Polesia in Winter (part XI).  Палесьсе ўзімку (частка XI). Khotamjel’ 2011.  Хотамель 2011 год.

Belarus in Faces (part XLIII).  Беларусь у тварах (частка XLIII). Pjatro is the vice-principal in the primary school in the next village.  Valjantsina teaches biology in the local village school.  Three years ago Pjatro had a miraculous recovery from what appeared to be a fatal illness.  He and Valjantsina were married in their parish church… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 6, 2012: Belarus in Faces XLIII / Беларусь у тварах XLIII

Memorial to Local Victims of Stalinism, Vynja 2012.  Помнік мясцовым ахвярам сталінізму, Выня 2012 год. The monument contains the three crosses traditionally used in Belarus: Orthodox; Roman Catholic and Protestant; and Greek Catholic.

Polesia in Winter (part X).  Палесьсе ўзімку (частка X). Rubjel’ 2011.  Рубель 2011 год.