Tag: вёскі

Photo of the Day for December 2, 2019

Photo excursion in Maladzjechna District 2019 (I/VIII). Фотавандроўка па Маладзечанскім раёне 2019 г. (I/VIII).   Old oak tree, Hjerdutsishki. There is something comforting and timeless about a Belarusian village.  No matter how many villages one pass through, each successive village makes its own quiet, eloquent statement about the Belarusian nation and the nation’s patrimony, traditions… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 2, 2019

Photo of the Day for October 28, 2019

Scenes from the countryside around Krasnaje 2019 (III/III). Краявіды ды вёскі пад Красным 2019 (III/III).   Old log cabin, Tatarshchyna near Krasnaje. Running southwest from Maladzjechna is a series of villages which include the ethnonym Tatar.  This repeated ethnonym reflects the invitations by successive Grand Dukes of Lithuania to Tatars to settle in, and fight… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 28, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 13, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy (Dokshytsy District), Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы (Докшыцкі раён), Сіцы, Параф’янава.   The toponym (ethnonym) Charkasy appears in at least six places in Belarus.  The name reflects… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 13, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 11, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy, Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы, Сіцы, Параф’янава.   Latyhol’. A Baltic toponym, suggesting that this immediate area was settled long ago by Latgalians, i.e., forebears of today’s… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 11, 2019

Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Portraits of Polesia: summer in Azdamichy 2019. The potatoes are growing well; the yards and barns are neat and tidy; the storks are tending to their fledglings (owing to a prolonged dry spell and consequent dearth of frogs in this part of the Pripet Marshes, it has been extremely rare to see more than one… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 25, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (IV/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 25, 2019