Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Returning home from college for Old-New Year’s eve, and using the twirling star he had made in high school, Pasha Naskjevich joined up with two high-school classmates to make the caroling rounds in Tsjerablichy. Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2017 г. Паша Наскевіч нрыехаў дахаты з калледжа, каб… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 28, 2017
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Photo of the Day for February 27, 2017
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2017 г. Tsjerablichy’s postwoman and church choir member Maryja (on the right) leads her brother and friends in a carol. Паштальёнка й сьпявачка ў царкоўным хору Маруся (зправа) з братам і сяброўкамі шчадруюць у хаце Мішы й Веркі Наскевічаў.
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
Photos of the Day for February 24, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (VI/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (VI/VI) 2017 г. Crosses of Belarus (part LXIV): dressed roadside cross. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXIV): апрануты прыдарожны крыж.
Photo of the Day for February 23, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (V/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (V/VI) 2017 г. Ice-skating on Lake Sjezhka (an oxbow of the River Haryn’). Катаньне на каньках на аз. Сежка (старое рэчышча р. Гарынь).
Photos of the Day for February 22, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (IV/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (IV/VI) 2017 г. Sun symbols on house gables: Знакі сонца на шчытах: House on Chekhava Lane. Хата на завулку Чэхава. Houses on Astrouskaha Street. Хаты на вул. Астроўскага.
Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (III/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (III/VI) 2017 г. Churches of Belarus (part CXCVII): Orthodox church of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan (1913). Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CXCVII): царква Маці Божай Казанскай (1913 г.). Churches of Belarus (part CXCVIII): Orthodox church… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 19, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (I/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (I/VI) 2017 г. Soviet-era cinema, now partially occupied by clothing stores. Кінатэатр савецкіх часоў. Line of solid wooden houses along the main east-west street (still named Soviet Street), which remains paved with Polish-era cobblestones. Тыповыя гарадчанскія драўляныя хаты… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 19, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 15, 2017
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas, Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Meeting of the Lord), Azdamichy 2015. Candlemas, celebrated in Western churches on or about February 2 and in old-style (Julian Calendar) Orthodox churches on February 15, is unusual in that it has both a Christic and a Marian focus. The lighting… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 15, 2017