Photo of the Day for May 6, 2012: Orthodox St. George’s Day / Юр’е

Orthodox St. George’s Day falls on May 6.  The date traditionally marked the day when villagers led their cows in procession out to pasture for the first time in the year.  Here women from the Polesian village of Bjarezhtsy, having sung St. George’s Day songs and prayed to God for a prosperous season, return from the fields to sing and pray at each roadside cross in the village.

Bjarezhtsy 2007.  Юр’е, Бярэжцы 2007 год.

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