Tag: Цераблічы

Photos of the Day for June 21, 2018

Cycle of the year:  grazing of privately-owned cows.  Кола года:  трыманьне кароў.   St. George’s Day (Jur’je — Юр’е — celebrated on May 6 in the Orthodox Christian calendar, equivalent to April 23 in the old style) was the traditional start date for letting cows out to pasture; see photos of the day for May… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 21, 2018

Photos of the Day for June 20, 2018

Cycle of the year:  Radaunitsa (commemoration of forebears).  Tsjerablichy 2018. Radaunitsa, which falls on the ninth day after Orthodox Easter, is the main (among many) annual rite of commemoration of forebears in the Belarusian Orthodox liturgical calendar.  After conducting a memorial service in church, the priest, here Father Vital’ of the parish of the Resurrection,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 20, 2018

Photos of the Day for June 11, 2018

Cycle of the year:  transplanting cabbage seedlings.  Tsjerablichy 2018. Once the risk of a late frost is much lower, families take advantage of any spare time in early April for this back-breaking work. Кола года: перасадка капуснай расады.  Цераблічы 2018 г.         Cabbage patch covered in straw.  Капусная расада пакрытая саломай.  

Photo of the Day for June 10, 2018

Cycle of the year:  ready for spring planting.  Tsjerablichy 2018. A Belarusian yard:  tidy, painted, with an orderly fence, everything in its place — even the piles of manure ready to be spread for potato planting. Кола года: усё падрыхтаванае да пасадкі.  Цераблічы 2018 г. Беларуская гаспадарка: чысценькі двор, плот у парадку, усё правільна афарбаванае,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 10, 2018