One-year wake (paminki – памінкі) for Maryja Mal’tsjevich. Tsjerablichy 2018. After a memorial service in church and visit to the grave, family members host a ritual meal in the home where the deceased died. The paminki cycle can include up to seven ritual meals at set intervals over the year following burial. These photos show… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 13, 2018
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Photo of the Day for February 27, 2017
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2017 г. Tsjerablichy’s postwoman and church choir member Maryja (on the right) leads her brother and friends in a carol. Паштальёнка й сьпявачка ў царкоўным хору Маруся (зправа) з братам і сяброўкамі шчадруюць у хаце Мішы й Веркі Наскевічаў.