Old-New Year’s Eve in Polesia: Al’shany 2017. With no luck in finding groups of Old-New Year’s Eve carolers in Davyd-Haradok, I headed east a few kilometers to Al’shany, still classified as a village, although it has 7,000 inhabitants. Al’shany has a very large population of evangelical Protestants who, as farmers, have turned the area… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 25, 2017
Tag: Polesia
Photo of the Day for February 23, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (V/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (V/VI) 2017 г. Ice-skating on Lake Sjezhka (an oxbow of the River Haryn’). Катаньне на каньках на аз. Сежка (старое рэчышча р. Гарынь).
Photos of the Day for February 22, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (IV/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (IV/VI) 2017 г. Sun symbols on house gables: Знакі сонца на шчытах: House on Chekhava Lane. Хата на завулку Чэхава. Houses on Astrouskaha Street. Хаты на вул. Астроўскага.
Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (III/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (III/VI) 2017 г. Churches of Belarus (part CXCVII): Orthodox church of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan (1913). Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CXCVII): царква Маці Божай Казанскай (1913 г.). Churches of Belarus (part CXCVIII): Orthodox church… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 19, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (I/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (I/VI) 2017 г. Soviet-era cinema, now partially occupied by clothing stores. Кінатэатр савецкіх часоў. Line of solid wooden houses along the main east-west street (still named Soviet Street), which remains paved with Polish-era cobblestones. Тыповыя гарадчанскія драўляныя хаты… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 19, 2017
Photo of the Day for February 13, 2017
Collection point for milk from privately-owned cows, Azdamichy 2017. Пункт прыёму малака, Аздамічы 2017 г.
Photo of the Day for February 12, 2017
Polesia in winter. Azdamichy 2017. Палесьсе ўзімку. Аздамічы 2017 г.
Photo of the Day for February 10, 2017
Crosses of Belarus (part LXIII): dressed cross, Varonina 2017. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXIII): апрануты крыж, Вароніна 2017 г.
Photo of the Day for February 9, 2017
Frozen Prypjats’ (Pripet) River 2017. Рака Прыпяць узімку 2017 г.
Photos of the Day for February 4, 2017
Granny Prosja’s 99th birthday (I/IV), Tsjerablichy, January 14, 2017: many happy returns of the day! 99-ы дзень народзінаў бабулі Просі (I/IV), Цераблічы, 14-га студзеня 2017 г. Здароўя й шмат гадоў!