Keeping watch, Jatsuki 2010/Сталы пост, Яцукі 2010 As with so many other villages in the Vitebsk Region of Northern Belarus, Jatsuki has lost much of its population to urban migration.  However, favored by its position on a bluff over the Dzvina River, Jatsuki is seeing more and more city families buying old houses or building… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 18, 2010

Khrys’tsibalavichy 2010/Хрысьцібалавічы 2010 год

Feast of Trinity (name-day feast of the church of the Holy Trinity), Azdamichy 2010/Тройца (сьвяток царквы Сьв. Тройцы), Аздамічы 2010 год The parish of Azdamichy-Tsjerablichy holds its annual name-day church festival on the third day of Trinity, May 25 in 2010.

Feast of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2010/Тройца, Аздамічы 2010 год The Orthodox parish church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy (Central Pripet Marshes) celebrates its feast day on the Tuesday after Trinity Sunday, in 2010 on May 25.  Прыход у Аздамічах (Сярэдняя Прыпяць) сьвяткуе свой сьвяток на трэцім дні Тройцы, сёлета 25-а траўня.

Near Dzjarzhynsk 2010/Ля Дзяржынску 2010 год

Tsjerablichy 2010/Цераблічы 2010 год

Awaiting guests, Vjeras’nitsa 2010/”Выстроіліса ды сядзімо”, Верасьніца 2010 год

Near Puzavichy 2010/Ля в. Пузавічы 2010 год

Vjalikaja Al’shanka 2010/Вялікая Альшанка 2010 год

The Gable II/Шчыт (частка ІI) Gables of Belarusan wooden houses often carry symbols of faith (the cross, an anchor) or, continuing a pre-Christian tradition, of nature (a half- or full sun, furrows in the field).   This barn is a rare example of a symbol — the sun — covering the whole gable.  На шчытах беларускіх драўляных… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 9, 2010