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Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Harvesting potatoes from the garden.  Tsjerablichy 2017. It is a deeply-engrained custom in Belarusian villages to plant potatoes on a significant portion of the garden around one’s house.  After photographing Vasil’ and his daughter Tats’tsjana at work, I put the camera aside and helped fill two bags’ worth. Пакуль спадар Васіль нясе поўны мяшок на… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017

Potato harvest from the family allotment, Tsjerablichy 2017. First cultivated in the Belarusian lands in the mid-18th century, the potato is now one of the most important elements in the Belarusian diet.  Families anxiously await the harvest, the quantity and quality of which to a huge degree will determine both how well a homestead makes… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017

Photo of the Day for October 20, 2016

Horses by dyke at the River Moustva, Tsjerablichy 2016.  As mechanized transport becomes more prevalent in the central Pripet Marshes, more and more small-holders have given up using horses.  It is thus even more of a welcome sight to see some of the remaining horses in Tsjerablichy grazing by the dyke.  The dyke was erected… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 20, 2016

Photo of the Day for September 9, 2016

Braslau Lakes region 2016.  Браслаўшчына 2016 г.   Belarus in Faces (part CCVII):  three of the grandchildren of farmers Miroslav and Valjantsina Karol’, Ljavoshki. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCVII):  трое з унукаў і унучак Міраслава й Валянціны Кароляў, Лявошкі.