Photos of the Day for March 11, 2019

Valozhyn District in winter (part II):  Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada.

Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада.

 

Vernacular architecture:  decorated gables, decorative window frames (lishtvy).  Slabada 2019.

Houses in Slabada display various treatments of the traditional gable symbol for rows of grain and fertile fields.  One can also see variations on the locally-prevalent symbol of wheat sheaves (or crowns?) on the lintels of decorative window frames.

Традыцыйныя вясковая архітэктура й упрыгожаньні.  Слабада 2019 г.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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