Photos of the Day for February 28, 2017

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

Photos of the Day for February 18, 2017

Old-New Year’s Eve (shchodry vjechar/shchadrets – шчодры вечар/шчадрэц), January 13.  “Koniki” in Davyd-Haradok 2017. Шчодры вечар/шчадрэц:  “конікі“ ў Давыд-Гарадку 2017 г.   Eastern Orthodoxy uses the Old Style (Julian) calendar to determine the liturgical cycle of the year.  Old-New Year’s Day thus falls on January 14.  Belarusians celebrate Old-New Year’s Eve with a tradition of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 18, 2017