Cherry tree in bloom, Tsjerablichy 2019. Вішня ў росквіце, Цераблічы 2019 г. Snowfall of petals, Tsjerablichy 2019. Сьнегапад пялёсткаў, Цераблічы 2019 г.
Tag: Столінскі раён
Photos of the Day for May 17, 2019
Apple blossoms and old fence post, Tsjerablichy 2019. Яблыневы колер у старай плотавай слупкі, Цераблічы 2019 г. Apple blossoms and old fence, Tsjerablichy 2019. Яблыневы колер і стары плот, Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photo of the Day for May 16, 2019
Easter Monday morning, Tsjerablichy 2019. Раніцы ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for May 15, 2019
Village lanes of Polesia in spring. Tsjerablichy 2019. Вясна на Століншчыне: вясковыя вулькі. Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photo of the Day for May 12, 2019
Prosja’s hands. Tsjerablichy 2019. Hard-working but ever graceful. Alert even in repose, when they rest — as always — in their proper place. I think Belarusan hands reveal most eloquently Belarusans’ distinctive and instinctive traditions and attachment to place. Просіны рукі. Цераблічы 2019 г. Працавітыя, але абавязкова зграбныя, дбайныя нават у спакоі, і, як заўсёды,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 12, 2019
Photos of the Day for May 11, 2019
Portraits of Polesia: Prosja (born 1918). Tsjerablichy 2019. It is always a pleasure and an honor to stop by to greet Eufrasin’nja Shpakjevich (Prosja), now well into her 101st year. Партрэты Палесься: Эўфрасіньня Шпакевіч (г.н. 1918). Цераблічы 2019 г. Зычу Вам здароўя й яшчэ шмат гадоў, бабуля Прося! Prosja at home on Holy… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 11, 2019
Photos of the Day for May 10, 2019
Portraits of Polesia: families at Easter. Tsjerablichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: сем’і на Вялікдзень. Цераблічы 2019 г. Chesa. Чэса. Chesa’s youngest brother Jelisjej at his grandparents’ house. Малодшы брат Елісей у хаце бабулі й дзеда. Jelisjej with his father Ivan. Елісей з бацькам Іванам.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 10, 2019
Photos of the Day for May 7, 2019
Radaunitsa (honoring forefathers), Azdamichy 2018. Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots. Radaunitsa falls on the Tuesday nine days after Orthodox Easter. On that morning, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 7, 2019
Photos of the Day for May 5, 2019
Views of Polesia: Vjeljamichy 2018. Палескія віды: Велямічы 2018 г. Lake Sijatsy. Возера Сіяцы. Abandoned traditional decorative window frame (lishtva). Выкінутая ліштва.
Photos of the Day for May 4, 2019
Cut-down trees and allees. The beautiful tunnel of trees in the photos for May 3 is by now a rare exception in Belarus: local and regional authorites across Belarus continue to cut down roadside allees, village trees and trees in cemeteries without any visible interest in replanting for future generations. Рассечаныя алеі, вясковыя дрэвы ды… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 4, 2019