Tag: Pripet Marshes

Photo of the Day for October 28, 2017

Home from berry-picking in the Pripet Marshes.  Tsjerablichy 2017. It’s been a long, hard day:  berry-pickers travel as much as 25 miles (40 kilometers) through the marshes to the best picking areas. Дахаты са збору журавіны на балоце.  Цераблічы 2017 г.        

Photo of the Day for October 27, 2017

Last grazing before winter.  Vjeljamichy 2017. The number of privately-owned horses continues to decline slowly in Stolin District as more and more villagers switch to small-scale mechanization. Восеньскія пашы.  Велямічы 2017 г.    

Photos of the Day for October 25, 2017

Last harvest days before Pakrou (feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Mother of God).  It is still a strongly-observed tradition in Belarus to clear the harvest from garden plots and field allotments before the feast of Pakrou on October 14 in order to ensure the the Mother of God’s protection of the land during… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 25, 2017

Photo of the Day for October 24, 2017

Last harvest days before Pakrou (feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Mother of God).  It is still a strongly-observed tradition in Belarus to clear the harvest from garden plots and field allotments before the feast of Pakrou on October 14 in order to ensure the the Mother of God’s protection of the land during… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 24, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 23, 2017

Autumn in Polesia:  harvest-time in Tsjerablichy 2017. Палесьсе ўвосень:  ураджай у Цераблічах 2017 г.          

Photos of the Day for October 2, 2017

Horsecarts.  Rubel’ (Rubjel’) 2017. Rubel’, in the middle of central Polesia’s Stolin District, was the largest village in Belarus until the early 1970s.  With about 4,700 inhabitants Rubel’ remains the second largest village in Stolin District; it is renowned not only for the industriousness of its small-holder farmers but also for producing scores of Orthodox… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 2, 2017