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End of Vul’ljana’s Summer Weaving (part II), Tsjerablichy 2011.  Бабуля Вульляна сканчае сваё летняе ткацтва (частка IІ), Цераблічы 2011 год. See also photo of October 4, 2011.  Гл. таксама фотаздымак 4 кастрычніка 2011 года.

End of Vul’ljana’s Summer Weaving (part I), Tsjerablichy 2011.  Бабуля Вульляна сканчае сваё летняе ткацтва (частка І), Цераблічы 2011 год. In early summer Granny Vul’ljana said she no longer had the strength to work full-time in the summer heat in the garden or in the family plots three kilometers away.  But refusing to remain idle… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 4, 2011

Harbingers of Autumn, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Давосеньскія колеры, Цераблічы 2011 год.

Taking the Cows Home, Iody 2011.  Жнівеньскі вечар, Іоды (Ёды) 2011 год. In a timeless evening ritual throughout Belarus, villagers’ cows, lowing with heavy udders, begin to make their way home.  The villagers, waiting and chatting at roadside, then escort the cows through the village streets.

Endless Summer, Bulavishki 2011.  Булавішкі 2011 год. This angler rents a cottage in the Braslau Lakes Old Believers’ village of Bulavishki for three months every summer.  It was clear from his fishing tales how much he enjoyed spending every day fishing. На рыбалцы ў Булавішках, стараверскай вёсцы на Браслаўшчыне, кожнае лета незабыўнае, а таксама і… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 1, 2011

Orthodox Feast of the Dormition (part III), Church of the Dormition of the Most Blessed Mother of God, Al’pjen’ 2011.  See also photos for September 28-29. Сьвяток Усьпеньня Найсьвяцейшай Багародзіцы (частка III), царква Ўсьпеньня Прасьвятой Багародзіцы, Альпень 2011 год. Альпень адчувае сябе не так добра, як суседнія вёскі. Прыход паменшаў і пастарэў. Але на штогадовы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2011: Feast of the Dormition III / Усьпеньня Прасьвятой Багародзіцы ІІІ

Orthodox Feast of the Dormition (part II), Church of the Dormition of the Most Blessed Mother of God, Al’pjen’ 2011.  The Church of the Dormition of the Most Blessed Mother of God in Al’pjen’ celebrates its feast day (сьвяток – s’vjatok) on August 28, the date of the Feast of the Dormition in eastern Orthodox… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 29, 2011: Feast of the Dormition II / Усьпеньня Прасьвятой Багародзіцы IІ

Orthodox Feast of the Dormition (part I), Church of the Dormition of the Most Blessed Mother of God, Al’pjen’ 2011.  The Church of the Dormition of the Most Blessed Mother of God in Al’pjen’ celebrates its feast day (сьвяток – s’vjatok) on August 28, the date of the Feast of the Dormition in eastern Orthodox… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 28, 2011: Feast of the Dormition I / Усьпеньня Прасьвятой Багародзіцы І

Braslau 2011.  Браслаў 2011 год. This lady greeted me cheerfully after bicycling with fresh flowers from her garden to place at a shrine on the outskirts of Braslau, in Belarus’ northern lake region.

Belarus in Faces (part V).  Беларусь у тварах (частка V). I came upon these Polesian grannies enjoying the gloaming of a mid-August evening.  We agreed to look for one another the next day at the Feast of Apple-Blessing in the local parish church. Tsjerablichy 2011.  Цераблічы 2011 год.