Polesian roads: from the Sporava Marsh Preserve to Pinsk 2016, part I/V. Wandering Belarus’ back roads is a pleasure for a photographer. One needs to forget sticking rigidly to a schedule, for in the slow passage through village and forest, past pastures and fields, one absorbs the deep history and even deeper rhythms of the nation… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 3, 2016
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Photos of the Day for October 2, 2016
Festival and fair at the tenth annual Sporauski scything competition, Vysokaje (Sporauski Wetlands Preserve) 2016. Фестываль пры дзясятых штогадовых Спораўскіх сенакосах, Высокае (Спораўскі заказнік) 2016 г.: рамонт кос. Ljudmila, Halina and Maryja in Belarusian traditional embroidered costumes from Drahichyn District with a beautiful display of hand-embroidered aprons and runners from the area around Bjezdzjezh.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 2, 2016
Photos of the Day for October 1, 2016
Tenth annual Sporauski scything competition, Vysokaje (Sporauski Wetlands Preserve) 2016: scythe repair. Дзясятыя штогадовыя Спораўскія сенакосы, Высокае (Спораўскі заказнік) 2016 г.: рамонт кос. Ivan Makouchyk, from the neighboring village of Pjerasudavichy, repairing a scythe. Спадар Іван Макоўчык, з суседнай вёскі Перасудавічы, рамантуе касу.
Photos of the Day for September 30, 2016
Tenth annual Sporauski scything competition, Vysokaje (Sporauski Wetlands Preserve) 2016: top finishers in the team competition. Дзясятыя штогадовыя Спораўскія сенакосы, Высокае (Спораўскі заказнік) 2016 г.: першыя месцы ў камандным спаборніцтве. Team champions: Aljaksandr Shykula and Viktar Dashkjevich, “Kakorytskija asilki”, Kakorytsa. A month later they won the European championship in Poland. Congratulations to the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 29, 2016
Tenth annual Sporauski scything competition, Vysokaje (Sporauski Wetlands Preserve) 2016: first round of the team competition. Дзясятыя штогадовыя Спораўскія сенакосы, Высокае (Спораўскі заказнік) 2016 г.: першы раўнд каманднага спаборніцтва.
Photos of the Day for September 28, 2016
Tenth annual Sporauski scything competition, Vysokaje (Sporauski Wetlands Preserve) 2016. Who is not mesmerized by the seemingly effortless movements of a good scyther and the rhythmic shik, shik, shik as the blade slices through the grass? As gasoline-powered cutters have lamentably taken over the work in much of Belarus as in so many other countries,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 28, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 27, 2016
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing Feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2016. Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2016 г. Belarus in Faces (part CCXII). Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXII).
Photos of the Day for September 26, 2016
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing Feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2016. Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2016 г. Belarus in Faces (part CCXI). Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXI).
Photos of the Day for September 25, 2016
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing Feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2016. Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2016 г. Belarus in Faces (part CCX). Беларусь у тварах (частка CCX).
Photo of the Day for September 24, 2016
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing Feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2016. Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2016 г. Belarus in Faces (part CCIX). Беларусь у тварах (частка CCIX).