Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (I/V): Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. It happens all the time to the wanderer in Belarus. One starts off with a travel aim — in this case to visit the former estate of Grand Duchy of Lithuania/Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth patriot and… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 3, 2017
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Photos of the Day for May 27, 2017
Marian Month (May): roadside shrines in Kamjen’ and Nalibaki 2013. Villagers in the Naliboki Wilderness (Nalibotskaja pushcha – Налібоцкая пушча) scrupulously observe the Marian Month tradition of daily communal prayer to the Virgin Mary at roadside shrines. Месяц Марыі: прыдарожныя каплічкі ў Камені й Налібаках 2013 г. Kamjen’. Камень. Nalibaki. Налібакі.
Photos of the Day for April 22, 2017
Ljabjady (Ljebjadzi) 2015. One of the rewards of wandering the back roads of Belarus is stumbling on villages which preserve their traditional layout, texture and vernacular architecture. Ljabjady (Ljebjadzi), on the rail line connecting the district centers of Zel’va and Vaukavysk, is a classic example of such a village. Неруш: Лябяды (Лебядзі) 2015 г. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 22, 2017
Photos of the Day for April 3, 2017
Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (IX/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (IX/XII) 2016 г. Dauhinau-Apjen’ki road. Дарога Даўгінаў-Апенькі. Collection stand for smallholders’ milk, Apjen’ki. Апенькі. Side street in Apjen’ki. Апенькі. Marian shrine, Jaz’ni. Прыдарожная каплічка, Язьні.
Photos of the Day for April 1, 2017
Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (VII/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (VII/XII) 2016 г. World War I cemeteries (part VI): roadside chapel (1856) by cemetery for World War I Russian and German soldiers and Polish soldiers from the 1919-21 war against the Bolsheviks. Dauhinau.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 1, 2017
Photos of the Day for May 10, 2016
Photo expedition to villages of Iuje District on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday: Urtsishki 2016 (I/V). The village is another of the many Baltic toponyms in northwestern Belarus. Фотаэкспедыцыя па вёсках Іўеўшчыны: Урцішкі 2016 г. (I/V) Roman Catholic roadside chapel at the east end of the village. Прыдарожная капліца на ўсходным ускрайку вёскі. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 10, 2016