Photos of the Day for January 27, 2017

Orthodox Christmas eve (kuts’tsja — куцьця) in Polesia (III/VII).  Tsjerablichy 2017.

Preparation of crepe-style pancakes (“bliny” or, in Tsjerablichy, “poljenitsy”) .

Посная куцьця на Палесьсі (III/VII).  Цераблічы 2017 г.

Прыгатаваньне бліноў (“поленіц“ па церабліцку).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vjerka’s father Vasil’ stops by briefly.

Верчын бацька Васіль заходзіць на хвілінку.

 

 

 

“The first pancake is for the dog.”  Traditionally one leaves the first pancake as an offering to one’s forebears; to eat the first pancake is to invite misfortune.

Першы блін сабаку.

 

 

 

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