First Haying, Tsjerablichy Meadows 2012. Жнівеньскі сенакос, Церабліцкія лугі 2012 год.
It is an ages-old race to gather the hay before it rains. Amidst other urgent chores this extended family works in the heat of the day to collect the first cutting. Their acreage is a patch of marshland meadows which the local collective farm has deigned to allot.
A cow needs three tons of hay for the winter; today’s wagon loads will provide two-thirds of this amount.
Пахнет сеном над лугами,
Песни душу веселят.
Бабы с граблями рядами ходят,
Сено шевелят…