Tag: рукі

Photo of the Day for February 15, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Polesia:  Pinsk District 2012 (Panjatsichy, Dubaj, Damashytsy, Vjaljatsichy, Vjalikija Dvortsy). Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Палесься: Пінскі раён 2012 г. (Паняцічы, Дубай, Дамашыцы, Вяляцічы, Вялікія Дворцы).     Hands in their proper place. The subtlety and resilience of culture:  every nation has its own gestures and sense of the proper way… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 15, 2021

Photo of the Day for June 14, 2019

The resilience of culture:  every nation has its own gestures and sense of the proper way to place one’s hands. Трываласьць культуры: кожная нацыя мае свае адметныя жэсты ды спосабы паставіць свае рукі правільна, прыстойна  паводле свайго коду росту.   Azdamichy 2019. Аздамічы 2019 г.  

Photos of the Day for May 27, 2019

Dzjakshnjany 2019. On a photo excursion through southeastern Maladzjechna District, we headed to Dzjakshnjany, a small village 20 miles/30 kilometers northwest of Mjensk.  The village is the site of the former estate and manor house of the Valadkovich family.  The Soviet authorities  seized the estate when, together with the Nazi Germans, they invaded Poland (which… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 27, 2019

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 August 11, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost, Azdamichy 2017. Guiding hands:  transmission of faith and traditions from generation to generation. Сёмуха/Тройца:  з пакаленьня ў пакаленьне.  Аздамічы 2017 г.               Chuldren’s communion. Дзіцячае прычасьце.               Kissing the cross and icon. Цалаваньне крыжа й абраза напрыканцы службы.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 11, 2017