Photo of the Day for August 26, 2019

From a series of family portraits after blessing of children on Trinity Monday, Evangelical Christian church, Al’shany (Pripet Marshes) 2019. З серыі сямейных партрэтаў пасьля дабраслаўленьня дзяцей на другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Хрысьціян веры евангельскай, Альшаны 2019 г.      

Photo of the Day for August 25, 2019

From a series of family portraits after blessing of children on Trinity Monday, Evangelical Christian church, Al’shany (Pripet Marshes) 2019. З серыі сямейных партрэтаў пасьля дабраслаўленьня дзяцей на другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Хрысьціян веры евангельскай, Альшаны 2019 г.      

Photo of the Day for August 24, 2019

From a series of family portraits after blessing of children on Trinity Monday, Evangelical Christian church, Al’shany (Pripet Marshes) 2019. З серыі сямейных партрэтаў пасьля дабраслаўленьня дзяцей на другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Хрысьціян веры евангельскай, Альшаны 2019 г.      

Photo of the Day for August 23, 2019

From a series of family portraits after blessing of children on Trinity Monday, Evangelical Christian church, Al’shany (Pripet Marshes) 2019. З серыі сямейных партрэтаў пасьля дабраслаўленьня дзяцей на другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Хрысьціян веры евангельскай, Альшаны 2019 г.    

Photo of the Day for August 22, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  after Blessing of Children on Trinity Monday, Evangelical Protestant Church, Al’shany 2019 Партрэты Палесься: пасьля дабраслаўленьня дзяцей на другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, Царква хрысьціян веры эвангельскай, Альшаны 2019 г.        

Photos of the Day for June 12, 2018

Cycle of the year:  readying hothouses to grow cucumbers. Eastern Stolin District in central Polesia has become Belarus’ cucumber capital.  Much of the crop is exported to Russia.  The area is covered in hothouses, ranging from agribusiness-size facilities in Al’shany, which has a statue in honor of the cucumber, to small constructions in many village… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 12, 2018

Photos of the Day for February 26, 2017

Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Al’shany 2017. Some streets were full of kids reciting songs and rhymes to their neighbors in return for candy. Шчадрэц, Альшаны 2017 г. Дзяўчаты й хлопцы дэкламавалі вершы й песьні сваім суседзям у абмен на цукеркі.               A successful hunt. Пасьпяховае паляваньне.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 26, 2017

Photos of the Day for February 25, 2017

  Old-New Year’s Eve in Polesia:  Al’shany 2017. With no luck in finding groups of Old-New Year’s Eve carolers in Davyd-Haradok, I headed east a few kilometers to Al’shany, still classified as a village, although it has 7,000 inhabitants.  Al’shany has a very large population of evangelical Protestants who, as farmers, have turned the area… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 25, 2017