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Photo of the Day for July 27, 2011: Hands X / Рукі Х

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”:  Hands X.  Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“:  рукі (частка X). Hard-working but ever graceful.  Alert even in repose, when they rest — as always — in their proper place.  I think Belarusan hands reveal most eloquently Belarusans’ distinctive and instinctive traditions and attachment to place. See also photos for July 20, July… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 27, 2011: Hands X / Рукі Х

Photo of the Day for July 26, 2011

Pilgrims from Varapajeva resting on the road to the annual Marian festival in Budslau.  Паломніцы з Варапаева на адпачынку пры шляху ў Будслаў. Dunilavichy 2011.  Дунілавічы 2011 год.

Photo of the Day for July 22, 2011: The Bench VIII / Лаўка VIII

The Bench VIII.  Лаўка (частка VIII). 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 summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The bench is the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 22, 2011: The Bench VIII / Лаўка VIII

In Memory of Cardinal Kazimir Świątek / На ўспамін Кардынала Казіміра Свёнтка

Cardinal Kazimir Świątek, October 21, 1914 – July 21, 2011.  May he rest in peace. Кардынал Казімір Свёнтэк, 21 кастрычніка 1914 г. – 21 ліпеня 2011 г.  Памолімся аб яго вечным супакоі. As a pastor Kazimir Świątek embodied the modesty and selfless devotion that are two outstanding traits of the Belarusian nation.  His life embodied… Continue reading In Memory of Cardinal Kazimir Świątek / На ўспамін Кардынала Казіміра Свёнтка

Photo of the Day for July 20, 2011: Hands IX / Рукі IX

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary”:  Hands IX.  Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“:  рукі (частка IX). Hard-working but ever graceful.  Alert even in repose, when they rest — as always — in their proper place.  I think Belarusan hands reveal most eloquently Belarusans’ distinctive and instinctive traditions and attachment to place. See also photos for July 11, July… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 20, 2011: Hands IX / Рукі IX